The gag order issued by the Court of Tax Appeals cannot stop Congress from investigating the tax woes of boxing world champion and Rep. Emmanuel  “Manny” Pacquiao of Sarangani province, House leaders said on Friday.

Reps. Romero Quimbo of Marikina and Elpidio Barzaga of Dasmariñas made the announcement a day after the tax court issued a gag order on Pacquiao, Commissioner Kim Henares of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and other parties involved in connection with Pacquiao's P2.16 billion worth of allegedly unpaid income taxes from years 2008 to 2009.

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