The arrest yesterday of Damaso Tumulak, the barangay captain of Labogon in Mandaue City, was his third since being sued by a woman he claims is an ardent Ouano supporter.
It came about after a bonding company failed to transmit to the court his bail documents.
Tumulak was arrested in June last year and again last Jan. 11 in connection with a charge for falsification of public documents filed against him by Eglyrina Caballero, the president of an urban poor organization in the barangay, who accused him of paying only P5 for a community tax certificate in Lapu-Lapu City.
Tumulak had fully paid his community tax in Mandaue City but was forced to take out another certificate in Lapu-Lapu City so he could sign as a witness for a friend who wanted to pick up the death benefits of his brother.
The case filed by Caballero was based on that second community tax payment he made in Lapu-Lapu City.
Tumulak blamed his "harassment" on the camp of Ouano, saying Caballero, "a mere squatter," does not have the means to sustain litigation against him. — Freeman News Service