Ang Galing Pinoy (AGP) Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo faces a new complaint seeking his ouster in the House of Representatives with the lodging of a disqualification case against him in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET).

Former Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros contested the election of Arroyo in the Lower Congress on Wednesday morning by filling a “petition for quo warranto,” questioning Arroyo's eligibility to represent the marginalized sector of security guards and tricycle drivers in the 15th Congress.

Hontiveros said that the Arroyo violated Section 6 in the Commission on Election (Comelec) Resolution No. 8807, which requires party-list candidates to file appropriate documents to prove that the nominee really represent a marginalized group.

“Mikey did not submit these documents to prove that he really belongs to the private sector. This bolsters doubt about his eligibility to sit as a member of the 15th Congress when all other party-list representatives complied to the requirement,” Hontiveros said.

“It seems that Mr. Arroyo wants to propagate himself in power. He attacked the party-list system not to represent security guards but to secure his mother (former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo),” she added.

In a 10-page complaint, Hontiveros noted that even the Comelec's law department director and lawyer Rafael Rafanan told Akbayan in a letter, acknowledging that Arroyo failed to produce any legal document that could prove his affiliation with AGP.

Arroyo took oath during the opening of 15th Congress following his proclamation last July 22.

Last week, Akbayan Rreps. Walden Bello and Chairperson Emeritus Loretta Ann Rosales filed an urgent motion before the Supreme Court asking the disqualification of Arroyo. They said Comelec gravely erred in its decision to proclaim Arroyo.

“Allowing a group to continue participatingv in the party-list elections without comlying with Section 6 will in effect allow such group to circumvent the requirements... as the Comelec will be effectively bereft of any basis for gauging whether they truly represent the marginalized,” the complaint read.

“”This may in turn allow for the bastardization of the party-list system, as persons who have no history or track record of working for the marginalized and underrepresented willm in the ultimate irony, be allowed to stand for the interest of these vulnerable sectors in Congress,” it stated.