Impeachment nipped at the bud
Tuesday
Sep 6, 2005
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is spared impeachment by the House
of Representatives–at least within a year from the lodging of the
complaint at Congress.
The House of Representatives voted 158 to 51
(with six abstentions) in favor of a justice committee recommendation
to dismiss the impeachment cases against President Arroyo that include
alleged election fraud and graft and corruption. Leaders of the
Opposition camp in Congress warned that they will challenge this
decision at the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, demonstrators gathered in
protest of the House decision.
The Opposition camp has likewise promised more protest rallies to come. Bukluran para sa Katotohanan (Coalition for Truth), led by former President Corazon Aquino spearheads an anti-Arroyo signature campaign.
Tomorrow (Wednesday), two more protest rallies will be held, one at at the University of Sto. Tomas at noon, and another at the EDSA Shrine later at 4:00 p.m.
I’ll be expecting more announcements via email from various Opposition groups that had been doing the email-publicity rounds.
J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.
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