Two party-list representatives resign from House

Two members of the House of Representatives resigned from post Monday evening.

The reason for the resignations of 1-Tahanan Party-list Representative Nathaniel Oducado and Pinoy Workers Party-list Representative Franz Legazpi were not stated during the plenary session.

As a result of the resignation, Deputy Speaker Yasser Balindong, the presiding officer during Monday's plenary session, ordered House Secretary General Cheloy Garafil to remove Oducado and Legazpi from the roll of House members.

As of Tuesday, May 19, Oducado and Legazpi’s names were already removed from the House website.

Oducado and Legazpi were among the 257 members of the House who voted for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.

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In a post on his social media account, Oducado said he resigned due to personal reasons, "chief among them my health and my family."

"These are not small things. They are, in truth, the most important things, and they deserve my full attention," he said.

"I have always believed that public service is a privilege, not a permanent station to which one is entitled to. There comes a time when one must recognize that serving well also means knowing when to step aside and that it is wrong, even selfish, to cling to a position," he added.

He expressed confidence that the advocacies of the party-list will not end with his departure and whoever takes his place will carry forward the same commitment that brought 1Tahanan to Congress in the first place. —AOL, GMA News