The House of Representatives will investigate how Cagayan de Oro Representative Benjo Benaldo sustained a gun shot wound to the chest even as Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said the wound “indicates he attempted to take his own life.”
In a press statement, Belmonte said House Sergeant-at-Arms Nicasio Radovan and the Quezon City Police District are expected to submit a full report on the incident.
The House leader said Benaldo has yet to say why he apparently shot himself but said he “may do so at the right time.”
Benaldo, husband of Brazilian model-actress Daiana Menezes, is recovering at St. Luke’s in Quezon City. “He personally assured me he was alright and gave a ‘thumbs up’ sign to me to this effect,” Belmonte said.
