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House quad-comm to ask BI, DFA how Harry Roque reached The Hague 'scot-free'
The House Quad Committee is demanding explanations from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque's departure from the Philippines.
This request follows Roque's ability to leave the country despite being cited in contempt and facing a detention order from the committee last September for missing hearings.
Roque is currently in the Netherlands, where he is part of the legal defense team for former President Rodrigo Duterte in his International Criminal Court (ICC) case.
Quad Comm co-chairperson Joseph Stephen Paduano plans to summon representatives from the BI and DFA to the committee's next hearing to address the issue.
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