It seems that KAPA Community Ministry International members are still not giving up in pushing the government to make their religious group operational again.

A donor of KAPA identified to be Rhema International Livelihood Foundation Inc. filed charges against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and President Rodrigo Duterte on June 21.

Rhema International Livelihood Foundation Inc. or Cirfund is composed of KAPA donors.

They demanded 3 billion pesos in damages, SEC Chairman Emilio Aquino’s dismissal from office and also President Duterte’s impeachment.

The said KAPA donor argued that President Duterte should be impeached for interfering with a religious organization.

Rhema also said that SEC only followed Duterte’s opinion without hearing the side of KAPA.

“Let all private respondents—Rodrigo R. Duterte and Chairman Emilio B. Aquino, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—pay the compensatory damages amounting to P3,000,000,000.00 for destroying Cirfund, an online platform project of Rhema International Livelihood Foundation Inc. and be dismissed from office and the President be submitted for an impeachment proceedings for culpable violation of Art. II Sec. 6 and Art. III known as the Bill of Rights of the Philippine Constitution.” the petition reads.

Several weeks ago President Duterte ordered the closure of KAPA and they also ordered to search for Pastor Joel Apolinario’s location.

Meanwhile, KAPA insisted that they’re not doing any illegal activities and only helping their 5-M members to escape poverty.

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV also urged KAPA members before to file charges against President Duterte for violating their religious freedom.

Senator-elect Imee Marcos said that she would cleanse her upcoming room in the Senate which currently being used by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

Marcos said that she got the room of Sen. Trillanes through a raffle they participated on Tuesday after the Senate orientation.

The outgoing Ilocos Norte governor also said that she’s going to call some Igorot to dance at Trillanes’ room before the 18th Congress starts.

“Siguro magpapatawag ako ng mga Igorot namin dahil kailangan basbasan ang office ko dahil kay Sen. Trillanes ata ang nabunot. Iyun na lang natira, nahuli yata ang tao ko. Sabi bunutan eh,” Marcos told reporters.

“Iyun na lang ang natira so kung papayag si Sen. Trillanes, sasabihin ko kay Sonny makikisayaw kami sa mga Igorot namin para mabendisyunan ng todo.” she added.

Igorot dance is being done if someone is asking for either bountiful harvest, healing, or economic progress.

Senator-Elect Christopher “Bong” Go who also attended the orientation and picked the room of outgoing Sen. Gregorio Honasan suggested that Marcos should also call for a priest to bless the room of Trillanes.

Meanwhile, Senator Trillanes is seems irritated by the recent statements of Marcos, saying that it’s hypocritical if the upcoming lawmaker is insinuating that he’s a bad person.

“If she’s saying it to insinuate na masama akong tao, then sobrang ka-ipokritohan naman yun,” Trillanes said.

Marcos is one of the closest political allies of President Duterte, while Trillanes is a fierce critic of the current administration.

Incoming Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa will get the office of incoming Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, while Francis Tolentino will get the Senate room of JV Ejercito.

Senator-elect Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said that he’s willing to help the members of KAPA Community Ministry International.

On his Facebook post, Dela Rosa said that he already talked to President Rodrigo Duterte personally to relayed the stories of some members having concerns because of the money that they previously invested to the religious group founded by Pastor Joel Apolinario.

Bato expressed his willingness to talk to Pastor Apolinario so he could send the message of President to him and fix the things about KAPA.

Several weeks ago, KAPA issue became the headline of several media networks after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the closure of the said religious group.

“Sa mga miembro sa Kapa nga nangayo ug tabang nga ipaabot nako kang Pres Duterte ang inyong kaguol ako na syang nastorya,” Bato said.

(To all members of KAPA, don’t worry I already talked to President Duterte about your stories, and that I’m also saddened by what happened to some of you).

“Tabangi ko ninyo nga makastorya si Pastor Apolinario para maipaabot nako sa iyaha ang gusto ni PRRD. Tabangi ko ninyo nga matabangan ta mo,” he added.

(Please help me so I can talk to Pastor Apolinario, so I can relay the message of President Duterte to him. You help me, I’ll help you)

Apolinario is not yet responding to Bato’s request as of writing.

KAPA was questioned because of offering 30% investment rates to its members “donations.”

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also ordered to freeze P100-M assets owned by Apolinario.

Meanwhile, several members of KAPA organized a prayer rally to convince President Duterte to allow their religious group to cooperate.

KAPA members also claimed that they made Imee Marcos, Christopher Bong Go, and Dela Rosa won the senatorial elections, boasting that they got 5-M members.

KAPA Community Ministry International founder Pastor Joel Apolinario admitted in a radio interview that it’s almost impossible for him to return the money of the people who donated or invested to his religious group.

In an interview with DZBB, Apolinario blamed that the order of the Court of Appeals (COA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to freeze his assets worth P100-M and several luxury vehicles.

However, if the claims of SEC are valid, KAPA already has gotten P50-B from its members.

But where is the remaining 49.9-B? That is what the SEC is looking.

Apolinario also added that all of his businesses already stopped operating because of the court order even his fishpond.

“Kung hindi kami pagbigyan nang pagkakataon na makapag-operate muli ‘yong aming ministry talagang sasabihin na namin na parang suntok sa buwan na ‘yon dahil hindi ko na makukuha rin yong mga naibigay ko sa mga tao,” Apolinario said.

He also insisted that what they’re doing is legal.

Meanwhile, the government encouraged the people to file a complaint against Apolinario so they can recover the money they invested in the religious group.

However, several loyalists of Apolinario said that they’re going to push the government to return KAPA and even planning to support their pastor in the 2022 presidential elections.

Senator-elect Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa finally spoke about the issue regarding KAPA Community Ministry International, showing concern on the situation of the members who lost their money.

In an interview, Dela Rosa expressed his sadness over the victims of KAPA, wishing that there’s still a chance for them to recover the hard-earned money that they donated or invested to the religious group founded by a former construction worker and now Pastor Joel Apolinario.

He also said that only President Duterte could decide on the fate of KAPA.

“Naluoy ko sa mga miyembro nga wala mabalik ang kwarta pero kung muingon ug pakialaman nako ang decisyon sa Presidente (President Rodrigo Duterte) that’s purely executive in nature (I really feel for the members who cannot get back their money but if I would ask the President, that decision is purely executive in nature),” Dela Rosa said.

“So hulaton lang nato kung unsay sunod niyang lakang kung duna pa siyay pagahimuon (Maybe we will wait for the President’s next move),” he added.

However, he would not waste any opportunity to ask Apolinario about the fate of KAPA members’ investment if there’s a chance for them to meet each other in the future.

Some members of KAPA even sold their lands and other sources of income like Carabaos just to donate in the religious group after Apolinario promised to give their members a 30% monthly interest rate.

Bato wished that Apolinario can still return the money to his members even without any interest included.

“Hopefully if given the chance I would ask what he (Apolinario) can say about any chance of returning the money of the members,” he said.

The former head of PNP who’s now an upcoming Senator denied in the past interviews that he received any money from KAPA during the campaign.

KAPA assets were frozen following the order of the Court of Appeals.

President Duterte also ordered to close down KAPA.