Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said allowing Aguirre to lead the House inquiry was a violation of the House rules because only members of the committee should be allowed to grill the witnesses.

“If Aguirre is acting as counsel of the witnesses, under the rules of the House and under tradition, the lawyer cannot direct questions to the witness. He should pass questions through the committee or committee chair,” Lagman said

“What happened is violation of rules of House,” Lagman added.

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