Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17346781371862711d7cdf3ecec62435adc24e31e495b4972fe91f706c0b7e4811e98e9ab57fd.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Mylah filed has a petition for certiorari and prohibition before the SC and asked it to exercise its power of judicial review on whether the quad comm acted in grave abuse of discretion. <em>ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA —  Mylah Roque, wife of former Palace spokesman Harry Roque, has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the House of Representatives quad committee&#x27;s contempt and arrest orders against her,  calling it a “despotic and whimsical display of power.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/15/immigration-confirms-roque-s-wife-left-ph-in-early-september-1528">Immigration confirms Roque’s wife left PH in early September</a></div><p>The Roque couple had been summoned by the panel to its probe into illegal operations of POGOs, which the former Cabinet official was accused of having links to. </p><p>Mylah was ordered arrested by the quad comm in October.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/11/harry-roque-s-wife-ordered-arrested-by-house-quad-panel-1146">Harry Roque&#x27;s wife ordered arrested by House quad panel</a></div><p>On Wednesday, Mylah filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition before the SC.</p><p>&quot;Mrs. Roque beseeched the Supreme Court to exercise its power of judicial review on whether the Quad Comm acted in grave abuse of discretion... The members of the quad comm, according to Mrs. Roque, have gravely exceeded their authority because of these actions,&quot; the former Palace spokesman said in a statement. </p><p>Both Harry and Mylah are reportedly outside the Philippines. Mylah is said to be in Singapore for medical treatment while the former Palace spokesman&#x27;s last known location was Abu Dhabi.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/3/bi-roque-may-face-raps-for-going-to-abu-dhabi-2005">BI: Roque may face raps for going to Abu Dhabi</a></div><p>According to Mylah&#x27;s petition, the quad comm&#x27;s arrest order threatened her “right to travel” and the contempt charge was “a violation of due process” since no subpoena was issued upon her first before she was cited.</p><p>In the same petition, Mylah said her right to privacy was being threatened as the members of quad comm are &quot;probing her medical condition, which is irrelevant to the inquiries in aid of legislation.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2024/12/20/business-consumers-more-optimistic-in-last-stretch-of-2024-1351">Roque&#x27;s wife denies refusing to appear before House quad comm</a></div><p>Mrs. Roque, a former trustee of the Pag-IBIG Fund, said on October 11 that she has been “regularly complying” with the quad committee’s requests, but that “every time I submit a medical document, the good officials always, without fail, ask for something else and something new.”</p><p>Roque had reputedly accused the Marcos administration of political persecution.</p><p>The quad comm was constituted in August &quot;to collectively examine and deliberate... on the interrelated and complex issues during public hearings on EJKs, POGOs and illegal drugs.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zcNnQ67CkwQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Mylah Roque filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition before the SC and asked it to exercise its power of judicial review on whether the quad comm acted in grave abuse of discretion. </p>

Mylah Roque filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition before the SC and asked it to exercise its power of judicial review on whether the quad comm acted in grave abuse of discretion.

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Harry Roque's wife seeks SC intervention vs Quad Comm's alleged 'abuses'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published December 20, 2024 03:22 PM PHT

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