Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa, Sr. on Monday at a Regional Trial Court in Ormoc filed his counter-affidavit to the seven
cases filed against him.
Photo by Geron Ponferrada, ABS-CBN News
Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa, Sr. on Monday filed his counter-affidavit to the seven complaints filed against him by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG).
The PNP-CIDG filed the complaints against the mayor and his son Rolando "Kerwin" Espinosa last month. Among the charges raised were possession of illegal drugs, illegal possession of firearms, and murder.
A copy of the counter-affidavit signed by Espinosa Sr. Photo by Geron Ponferrada, ABS-CBN News
His camp filed the counter-affidavit at a Regional Trial Court in Ormoc. By submitting this, his lawyers aim to halt the court from issuing a warrant of arrest against the mayor.
The elder Espinosa earlier named his son's alleged protectors in a separate seven-page affidavit, but Kerwin remains in hiding as of writing.
-with a report by Geron Ponferrada, ABS-CBN News