Remulla sets aside friendship with Romualdez in flood control probebr br Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla says former speaker Martin Romiualdez has called him 'multiple times' to personally deny his involvement in the flood control scandal, but chose to serve the country first despite his friendship with the Leyte lawmaker, a fraternity brother at the Upsilon Sigma Rho. He also said that he wanted to 'make sense of this crazy episode in the country where people played with people's money.