PNP Serves Transfer Order for Atty. Zuleika Lopez, the Detained OVP Chief-of-Staff
ZULEIKA LOPEZ – The Office of the Vice President’s Chief-of-Staff was crying and hugging Vice Pres. Sara Duterte as the Philippine National Police (PNP) serves the Transfer Order.
For the first notable time, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte spent the night at the House of Representatives, specifically at the office of Davao Congressman Pulong Duterte, her older brother. It happened after the Vice President visited the detained chief-of-staff of the OVP.
Recently, the House panel which leads the inquiry on the budget use of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the OVP cited Atty. Zuleika Lopez for contempt for supposed “undue interference”. The committee ordered that she would be detained in the House until November 25.
Vice Pres. Duterte visited her detained chief-of-staff and stayed there at the House of Representatives. She requested the House panel if she can join Lopez in the detention facility but the panel did not allow her. Davao City First District Representative Paolo Duterte also asked if Lopez can be detained in his office instead but it was not granted.
Early today, OVP chief-of-staff Atty. Zuleika Lopez was rushed to the hospital and Vice Pres. Sara Duterte accompanied her. According to the Vice President, she was vomiting and she collapsed. It happened amid the House releasing an order for her transfer to the Correctional Institution for Women.
Prior to it, the Vice President claimed that the lawyer has health issues thus, she wants to accompany her during detention for her peace of mind so she can rest. She was placed in a stretcher and taken to the hospital.
Lopez was brought to Veterans Memorial Medical Center and was later on transferred to St. Luke’s Medical Center. However, recently, the Philippine National Police (PNP) released an order mandating her transfer to the VMMC.
Based on a video posted by ABS-CBN News on Facebook, while the PNP was serving the arrest order which was read by CIDG Chief PBGen. Nicolas Torre III, Atty. Zuleika Lopez was crying and hugging Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. She fears about her safety.
The PNP assured Lopez that she will be safe as per the post. Previously, Vice Pres. Duterte claimed that she planned to stay at the House until after New Year. When asked about her security, the Vice President claimed that only House Speaker Martin Romualdez allegedly want him dead and she is confident that the House Speaker wil not allow it to happen inside the House of Representatives.