"Congressmeow" Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga has been slapped with yet another ethics complaint, and it came amid incessant rumors of his impending expulsion from the House of Representatives.

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag personally brought to the House his complaint against the eccentric solon on Tuesday, June 2--a day before the scheduled sine die adjournment of the first regular session of the 20th Congress. 

“If you ask me if I want him to be expelled, I think there is enough basis for him to be expelled,” Matibag told House reporters outside the Office of the House Secretary General, where he left the complaint.

The NBI chief is seeking to penalize Barzaga for the latter's alleged inappropriate Facebook posts during the chaotic series of events within the Senate building last May 13, which included a shooting incident and Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa's high-profile "escape".

Perhaps the Gen Z solon's most egregious post during that day was his claim that "a lot of people died' from the shooting. This obviously wasn't true, and Barzaga eventually deleted his post.

For Matibag, however, the damage was already done.

“During the time na meron na ngang nangyayaring incident, may gulo parang pino-fuel mo pa lalo yung kaguluhan. Instead of behaving properly and calling for sobriety and yun bang, mapayapa na pamamaraan eh dinadagdagan mo pa para lalong magkagulo yung tao,” said Matibag.

(During the time when an incident is already happening, when there is disorder, you are further fueling the chaos. Instead of behaving properly and calling for sobriety and a peaceful approach, you are adding more uel to the fire so that people become even more unruly.)

He said Barzaga insinuated that the NBI was trying to assassinate a high-ranking government official, referring to Dela Rosa.

“You are a congressman, you should behave properly. Alam mo yung batas, if you accuse something dun sa mga tao (You know the law, if you accuse people of something), there is a proper way, a proper forum to make accusation," he reckoned.

"Pero yung ganito? To encourage people para magalit dun sa mga ahensya ng gobyerno, tingin ko hindi naman pagiging balat sibuyas yun (But like this? Encouraging people to get angry at government agencies, I think is not being overly sensitive)," Matibag said.

He noted, “Pwede ka naman mag-dissent (You can air a disesenting opinion), but it should be within the bounds of the law."

Matibag also assailed Barzaga's common defense of freedom of expression. “‘Pag gumawa ka ng krimen, alam niyo kasi yung freedom of expression may limitation yan eh (If you commit a crime, you shoild know that the freedom of expression has limits)."

"That is a right guaranteed by the Constitution, but there is a law that governs also every right. Pagka krimen na yung ginagawa mong behavior (If your behavior already constitutes a crime), it no longer falls under the freedom of expression,” he explained.

Matibag said the 16-page complaint cited Article 154 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC), which penalizes the "Unlawful use of means of publication and unlawful utterances.”

Rumors are rife that the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges will endorse to plenary before the scheduled adjournment its recommended punishment against Barzaga in connection with his previous case.

The recommendation must be adopted in plenary by congressmen for it to take effect.

Earlier, Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin filed an ethics complaint against Barzaga based on his claim linking her, her daughter, and House Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor to the death of a vice mayor, who died from an accidental discharge of a firearm.

Garin had strongly suggested that the recommendation would be expulsion, given Barzaga's two earlier 60-day suspensions without pay for "disorderly behavior".

Barzaga's first suspension lasted from Dec. 1, 2025 to Jan. 30, 2026, while his second suspension lasted from Feb. 4., 2026 to April 5, 2026.