Binatikos ng kaalyado ng administrasyon sa Kamara ang aniya’y “strip tease” na paghahain ng reklamong impeachment laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, matapos ihain kahapon ni Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano ang supplemental complaint upang patalsikin sa puwesto ang Presidente.
Ayon kay Davao City 1st District Rep. Karlo Nograles, nakaplano ang paghahain ni Alejano ng supplemental impeachment complaint laban kay Duterte kahapon sa Office of the Secretary General.
“From day one when Magdalo Party-List filed their impeachment on the first day of the recess of Congress we already suspected that it would be a strip tease,” sabi ni Nograles, chairman ng House Appropriations Committee. “True enough, they deliberately filed an incomplete complaint so they can pretend to ‘supplement’ it later on.”
Aniya, hangad ng mga gustong magpatalsik sa puwesto kay Duterte na magtuluy-tuloy ang serye ng mga negatibong balita tungkol sa Pangulo.
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“The reason for this is to prolong their PR (public relations) campaign against the President with the malicious intent of generating dissent,” sabi pa ni Nograles, pamangkin ni Duterte.
“It would not come as a surprise if next week they will ‘supplement’ the complaint again by themselves or through another group or individual,” aniya pa.
Marso 16 nang ihain ni Alejano ang unang impeachment complaint laban sa Presidente sa limang batayan: culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust, bribery, graft at high crimes.
Hindi naman nabanggit sa unang reklamo ang pag-amin ni Duterte na mayroon siyang personal arrangement sa Beijing kaugnay ng sinasabing panghihimasok ng mga barko ng China sa Benham Rise, bagamat nabanggit na ito ni Alejano pagkatapos niyang ihain ang reklamo.
PINAPABORAN ANG CHINA?
Ang pagpayag umano ni Duterte sa pagpunta ng survey ship ng China sa Benham Rise ang pangunahing usapin sa supplemental complaint na inihain ni Alejano kahapon.
“President Duterte, through his actions and pronouncements, has continued to ignore our national interest and has refused to act on urgent security matters brought by the alarming activities of China in the West Philippine Sea and the Benham Rise, apparently, because he is afraid to offend his Chinese friends,” sabi ni Alejano, dating opisyal ng Philippine Marines.
“While no one is expecting Duterte to declare war with China over these territorial disputes, as President and Commander-In-Chief and Chief Diplomat of the country, he should condemn China’s aggressive actions and expansionism, and insist it to respect the exclusive sovereign rights, and maritime and territorial claims of the country through diplomatic and peaceful means,” dagdag pa niya.
‘NONSENSE’ PROPAGANDA
Samantala, sinabi ni Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo na ang karagdagang reklamong impeachment laban sa Pangulo ay bahagi ng “nonsense” propaganda laban sa huli.
“It’s nonsense geared for propaganda and publicity for himself,” saad sa pahayag ni Panelo. “It may even be deemed to be a second impeachment complaint which is a prohibited complaint under the one year prohibition limiting the filing to only one complaint in a year.” (ELLSON A. QUISMORIO)
