MANILA, Philippines — The legal counsel of suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. has maintained that his client did not show disorderly conduct, noting that the lawmaker still submits to the authority of the House of Representatives. In a letter dated March 24, copies of which were released on Monday, lawyer Ferdinand Topacio wrote a letter to the House Committee on ethics and privileges and its chairperson, COOP-NATCCO Rep. Felimon Espares, saying that they are again pleading to the committee to reconsider matters that 'may have been overlooked.

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