Impeachment discussions start in house. Complaint against Robredo finds no endorser. Elected representatives should not be impeached: Duterte..

  05/4/2017 | 1:31 0 Posted in Governance, Local Issues, Nation 

Impeachment of Duterte under discussion.cnn ph

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Every true-blood Filipino will agree that few things alarm them now; no event is beyond belief.

As stated earlier by thephilippinepride.com, these are testing times for the masses of the Philippines. In fact, the more important the personality, the bigger the problems they face. Everyone seems to be on their own witch hunt while warding off their detractors and foes.

And, in the Philippines today, no one is beyond accusations and allegations of the worst kind. Moreover, in the kind of free for all that ensued, most of the haves conceal skeletons in their cupboards.

President Rodrigo Duterte may be facing the worst effects of this current destructive tendency. With two complaints against him, he is also feeling the heat of democratic institution.

Hence, it is not surprising that the House of Representatives will discuss the impeachment proceedings against the President. Furthermore, it does not shock us that there may be a second impeachment coming up for consideration.

If the detractors of Vice President Leni Robredo have their way, another impeachment might be set in motion. The only thing preventing a complaint against her is their inability to get a congressman to forward their complaint.
Thus, the stage is set for deliberations against the President.

The House justice committee chair Reynaldo Umali and Rodolfo Fariñas, the Majority leader promised quick completion of discussions. They assured the house that the deliberations will be over by the month-end when the current session adjourns.

Once they refer the complaint to the Chairman of the House justice committee, Reynaldo Umali, the arguments will start.

Moreover, the house members are decided on the line of argument that they will take. Hence, if the deliberations are to be completed by the end of May, it will require some marathon sessions.

Umali stated that they agreed to this and would expedite the discussions due to the priority accorded to the matter.

However, Farinas expressed a different opinion on the subject of prioritizing the hearing. He assured that they will accord the same treatment and urgency as in earlier cases.

What he meant was that they will not rush this important matter.

Consequently, they will follow the conventions of the congressional inquiry against Senator de Lima. We cannot rush through this enquiry, he said.

The treatment to all such cases has to be similar, Farinas said.

The other impeachment

The complaints that Gary Alejano, the representative from Magdalo had preferred, may not attract much support according to Farinas. He did not have many supporters for his impeachment bid.

His information was that even the Liberal party might not vote in favor of his complaint.

This also applies to both the complaints of his in the 292 seats of the house lodged against Robredo.

The complaints are as follows:

• In this complaint, two loyalists of the Marcos camp, Oliver Lozano and Melchor Chavez, understandably filed impeachment of Leni Robredo.

• The other one was the handiwork of the Impeach Leni Movement. The complainants, however, could not succeed since Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta Rep. Jericho Nograles denied having endorsed the complaint.

Nograles also accused the complainants of misrepresentation since they did not seek his permission before forwarding his name. They submitted an apology on this score.

They clarified that they entered the name in anticipation of the acceptance by Nograles. However, they submitted a written apology and the complaint went without the name of Nograles.

Rep. Nograles accepted the apology since it absolved him of any involvement.

Robredo’s Legal advisor, Ibarra Gutierrez,called the allegations against Leni Robredo a pack of lies.

By telling the truth, Leni was only doing her congressional duty, he stated. The very fact that no congressman is willing to endorse it shows that the allegations are not true.

Leni never utilized government funding for going abroad, he averred.

Palace opinion

Salvador Panelo, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel repeated his earlier position.
The President believes that we should not entertain impeachment proceedings against elected representatives since it creates chaos with the government programs.

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Umrao Singh
umraoz.wordpress.com
Written for: Lars-Magnus Carlsson.
www.thephilippinepride.com
Thursday, May 04, 2017

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