Business tycoon Enrique Razon, chairman of port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), has lodged a cyberlibel complaint against Cavite 4th District Rep. Kiko Barzaga over alleged false statements the lawmaker posted on social media.
Razon’s counsel, lawyer Laurence Arroyo, said the complaint stems from Barzaga’s January 9 Facebook post claiming that National Unity Party (NUP) congressmen received bribes from Razon during various gatherings at Solaire ahead of the 2025 elections in exchange for supporting Speaker Martin Romualdez of Leyte.
Another January 9 Facebook post by Barzaga, also cited in the complaint, stated that Razon was the mastermind behind corruption in Congress and that he would disclose everything in a speech upon his return in the first week of February, accompanied by the hashtag calling for Razon’s imprisonment.
“The basis of this complaint is our position that what he said is false and malicious,” Arroyo told reporters.
Asked for comment, Barzaga said he is prepared to confront his accuser.
“I will face him in court,” Barzaga told GMA News Online.
Meanwhile, the posts cited in the complaint have already been taken down from Barzaga’s Facebook page.
