Detained partylist solon allowed to attend Congress session

Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran is set to return to work Monday at the House of the Representatives after a local court  granted him leave from the Philippine Heart Center where he is detained.

Judge Elmo Alameda of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 allowed Beltran to attend the remaining session days of the 13th Congress and the 100th Anniversary of the House of Representatives from Monday, June 4, to Thursday, June 7.

Beltran has been under detention for 15 months, being charged for alleged conspiracy with the communists in an attempt to topple the Arroyo administration.

Earlier, the Supreme Court issued a ruling dismissing the rebellion charges filed against him and five other members of the so-called “Batasan 6” -- Bayan Muna Representatives Satur Ocampo, Teodoro Casiño and Joel Virador; Anakpawis Representative Rafael Mariano; and Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Liza Maza.