Envoy on sex abuse raps: laid to rest long ago
SENATOR Risa Hontiveros raised the sexual misconduct charges lodged against Philippine Ambassador to Papua New Guinea Bienvenido Tejano during the Commission on Appointments (CA) committee meeting on Wednesday.
The Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality chairperson aired serious concern over the allegations hounding Tejano, who has been serving in his post for over two decades.
Tejano, in response, claimed innocence and insisted he was cleared of all the sexual assault charges filed against him.
“The ambassadors we confirm, who represent the country abroad and whose mandate includes the protection of Filipinos abroad must, at all times, behave impeccably. Their integrity should be beyond reproach,” Hontiveros stressed.
Senator Jose Jinggoy Estrada, chairperson of the Commission on Appointment (CA) Foreign Affairs, presided over the panel deliberations on the nominations and ad interim appointments of two ambassadors and 14 foreign service officials in the DFA.
