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RELEVANT FACTS
1. ROMEO G. JALOSJOS IS REPRESENTATIVE of the first district of Zamboanga del Norte
2. CONVICTED for statutory rape on 2 counts and acts of lasciviousness on 6 counts
3. Pending appeal, HE IS CONFINED AT THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY
4. Petitioner filed this motion to be ALLOWED TO DISCHARGE HIS DUTIES as congressman
Premises considered, we are constrained to rule against the accused-appellant's claim that re-election to public oce gives
priority to any other right or interest, including the police power of the State.