Sen. Risa Hontiveros pushed for a Senate order to arrest embattled Davao-based preacher Apollo Quiboloy as he continued to reject a Senate panel’s summons to answer accusations leveled at him by his former followers.
Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate committee on women, children, family relations, and gender equality, earlier cited Quiboloy in contempt for not showing up during the panel’s March 5 hearing on the alleged abuses committed by the preacher and his associates against former workers of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC).
Atty. Balayan, Quiboloy’s counsel, told reporters that they complied with the Senate committee’s directives by submitting Quiboloy’s reasons for not appearing during the panel’s hearings.
Hontiveros rejected Quiboloy’s position, and said, “Magpakita na lang si Quiboloy. Bakit ba ang dami pa niyang drama?”