Alvarez, lawyer and leader of the lower chamber, admitted to having a mistress and even to having "many children" out of wedlock. These admissions came about when a feud between his girlfriend and the live-in partner of longtime friend Representative Antonio Floirendo Jr was pointed to as the reason of the two lawmakers' feud, which reportedly led to a graft complaint and a House resolution, both seeking to investigate Floirendo and his company's contract with the government.