Mylah Roque, the wife of former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, claimed that the members of the House Quad Committee were asking too many questions that she found “intrusive” and violated her right to privacy.
In a Facebook post, Roque denied ignoring the summons of the panel. She said she was complying with their request for documents, but every time she did, new orders would follow that she believed no amount of information would satisfy the lawmakers.
“Contrary to the quad committee officials’ claim that I have ‘failed to appear’ before their august body, I have actually been regularly complying with their documentary requirements,” Mrs. Roque said in a status update posted Friday evening, October 11.
The former Pag-IBIG fund trustee was invited by the Quad Comm to attend its inquiry into the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) controversy three times, but she was unable to do so, citing medical issues.
Mrs. Roque said she would send lawmakers a “medical document” to prove her excuse but they would always “ask for something else and something new—to the point that the information they require is already very intrusive and violates my right to privacy.”
“I understand now that there is nothing I could submit that they would have found sufficient. They simply refuse to evaluate the documents on their own merit. I pray that the Supreme Court will see this for what it truly is,” she added.
In their last hearing, Quad Comm members moved to cite Mrs. Roque in contempt for snubbing their summons. They also ordered her arrest to compel her attendance. Her husband was also placed under similar circumstances.
The Roque couple were being investigated over their alleged unexplained wealth, which the lawmakers suspect had something to do with their links to key personalities associated with the POGO industry.
