WATCH: Barzaga Unfazed By House Suspension, Still Critical Of Marcos; Jokes He Won’t Have Money For Rent, Food

Cavite 4th District Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga appeared unfazed by the decision of the House of Representatives to suspend him for 60 days for conduct unbecoming of a member of Congress.

Barzaga – who was present in the House plenary hall when the suspension “without pay and privileges” was upheld – didn’t dispute the panel’s recommendations.

“I wholeheartedly accept the decision of the committee, but I maintain my stance that President Marcos must be held accountable for his crimes. Too many people have died, and too much money was plundered from the Filipino people for us to stand down now,” he declared.

“Whatever punishment may fall upon me and others who stand against this President, who has lost his constitutional mandate of serving the people, is inconsequential in relation to the number of lives and futures that will be saved once President Marcos leaves the Malacañang,” Barzaga added. 

In early October, Barzaga revealed during plenary sessions that he intended to file an impeachment complaint against President Marcos for alleged “betrayal of public trust.”

He has not filed any complaint yet before the office of the House secretary general, lawyer and former journalist Cheloy Garafil, who once served as Presidential Communications Office chief prior to her stint in Taiwan’s Manila Economic Cooperation Office.

“I am filing an impeachment complaint against President Marcos. Hopefully, Congress will remove him soon so we can start investigating those involved in flood control anomalies,” the 27-year-old lawmaker said, apparently unaware or unmindful that 289 of the 317-member chamber are allies of Marcos.

However, Barzaga – who belongs to the now popular term “nepo babies,” being the son of the late congressman Elpidio Barzaga Jr. – only showed the document on Marcos impeachment suit in his vlog, where he accused the Chief Executive of “betrayal of public trust.” 

“Welcome back to the crocodile farm. Absent ulit mga buwaya, (nagbakasyon) na,” he said, smiling in his vlog as he showed a video of the chamber’s plenary hall. “At may surprise ulit ako sa inyo – the Marcos impeachment complaint! Ameow hehehe bye bye Marcos.”