House Expels Cavite Rep. Kiko Barzaga After Third Offense, Citing Pattern of Disruptive Conduct

The House of Representatives expelled Cavite 4th District Representative Francisco 'Kiko' Barzaga on June 2, 2026. The chamber determined that Barzaga had continued unruly conduct after two prior 60-day suspensions. Ethics committee chairman JC Abalos stated that Representative Barzaga engaged in a pattern of highly disruptive, discourteous, and disorderly behavior that directly obstructed plenary sessions and desecrated parliamentary solemnity.

The committee found that Barzaga committed disorderly behavior and demonstrated conduct unbecoming of a member of the House of Representatives. The committee also determined that another penalty of suspension will not likely deter the improper behavior that reflects negatively on the House.

The offenses cited against Barzaga include repeated interruption of plenary sessions, mockery of leadership including former House speaker Martin Romualdez, and unauthorized and slanderous live broadcasts during budget plenary sessions.

Barzaga’s colleagues had previously called out his online antics, including his apparent vilification of his former party mate in the National Unity Party, the late Romeo Acop, as well as his bribery allegations against billionaire Enrique Razon. He had also posted content that jokingly talked about setting the Batasang Pambansa on fire.

Barzaga told Rappler it was his last day in Congress and that he was saying his goodbyes to his fellow colleagues and telling them not to steal so much.

He had already been slapped with two 60-day suspension orders prior to his expulsion. Barzaga follows in the footsteps of Arnie Teves, becoming only the second House lawmaker in Philippine history to be ousted by his colleagues. Teves was ejected in 2023 after his prolonged absence and was tagged as the mastermind in the killing of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo.

Before Teves, the only lawmaker who nearly got expelled was Nueva Ecija’s Nicanor de Guzman, who was convicted of gun smuggling in 1990. De Guzman was suspended and then resigned before expulsion proceedings could conclude. Kiko Barzaga’s expulsion ends the reign of the Barzagas in the congressional seat that covers Dasmariñas.

His late father Elpidio Barzaga Jr. first represented Dasmariñas in Congress in 2007 when the city was still part of Cavite’s second district. After the patriarch died in 2024, Kiko won the 2025 congressional race in Dasmariñas by less than five-percentage-points against independent candidate Jesse Frani.

For a time, Barzaga served as House assistant majority leader in the 20th Congress. He resigned from the National Unity Party in September 2025 after being linked to an alleged plot to oust Romualdez. He is now a member of Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino, the party of former president Rodrigo Duterte.