REP. Gwendolyn Garcia of Cebu province is virtually protected from any suspension order that the Sandiganbayan rolls out—the opening of the 16th Congress caught up with the anti-graft court’s lack of resolution to keep her grounded.

Without a resolution from the Office of the Ombudsman’s motion to suspend on Friday, Garcia is already considered safe and will keep her new position as a lawmaker even if the anti-graft court might order her suspension.

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