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I ask, in all good conscience, where is justice when the jester is thrown out of the court while a Martin Romualdez continues to prowl the premises?
In a move that betrays their staggering lack of self-awareness and prudence, the majority of the House of Representatives voted earlier this week to expel Cavite Representative Kiko Barzaga, on grounds of “disorderly behavior” and “conduct unbecoming of a member of the House.”
I have never met Congressman Barzaga, though I have heard rumors he is informally linked to the so-called DDS network that does not, to put it mildly, like the likes of me. However, partisanship must be cast aside when the freedom of speech is under assault, and what the majority has done is the worst attack on this basic freedom carried out in the House in living memory.
While some of Barzaga’s acts were unconventional or irritating, by no means did they individually or collectively merit suspension, much less expulsion, as Kamanggagawa Party list Representative Elijah San Fernando put it. They certainly do not rise to the level of a disturbing pattern of behavior that would justify disenfranchising those who voted him to office or assaulting the right to free speech, two of the most basic foundational principles of a democracy. (READ: The social media posts that got Kiko Barzaga in trouble)
