Members of progressive political group Akbayan on Friday plastered 100 posters of ex-presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in Quezon City to help authorities find and arrest him.
Khylla Meneses, Akbayan Youth Secretary General, urged Roque to come forward and face an investigation into his link to the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) before the House of Representatives’ Quad Committee.
At least 100 printed materials bearing an image Roque described as ‘POGO lawyer’ were posted in strategic places along Kalayaan Avenue. They were also distributed across 100 other sites frequented by the public.
The Quad Committee considered Roque a “fugitive” as he has gone into hiding after the issuance of an arrest order from Congress. Meneses called on the citizenry to assist authorities in tracking him down.
“His role and ties with the POGO industry are too obvious and blatant. He will no longer be able to go through the sneaking and lying that he used to do for (former President Rodrigo) Duterte,” the Akbayan officer said.
Roque faces an arrest order from the Quad Comm for his failure to submit documents that were requested of him, including his Statement of Assets Liabilities and Net Worth, financial documents of his family corporation Biancham, its subsidiary PH2, and a deed of sale the 1.8-hectare property in Parañaque City under his name.
