In a Facebook live, Hontiveros said the arrest order can be enforced anytime and that its issuance is timely as the country observes the National Women’s Month.
Hontiveros thanked Zubiri for signing the arrest order, saying Quiboloy “has no right to trample upon the dignity of the Senate and disrespect it as an institution.”
The order stated that the refusal of Quiboloy, who has been in hiding, to participate in the hearings and for merely sending his counsel to attend on his behalf without justifiable reason allegedly “caused delay, impeded, and obstructed the inquiry into reported violation of human trafficking, rape, sexual abuse and violence, and child abuse.”
She said once arrested, the Senate can schedule the hearings and compel the attendance of Quiboly to answer the allegations hurled against him, including issues of human trafficking and abuse of minors.
She said the Senate was forced to issue the arrest order after Quiboloy defied the subpoenas issued to him in Davao City to attend the previous senate investigations.[]
Hontiveros said the National Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Immigration have been notified about the arrest order to prevent Quiboloy from escaping the country.
