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Why try impeachment again?

Published by Ellen on October 12, 2008

Click here for Inquirer story on filing of impeachment complaint.

When it was announced last Friday that concerned citizens will try once again , for the fourth time, to file an impeachment complaint against Gloria Arroyo, the immediate reactions I heard were, “ “Why try again? It won’t prosper anyway.”

My answer is, Gloria Arroyo should be impeached because she has committed impeachable crimes. That’s the plain and simple reason.

What are those impeachable crimes that Arroyo committed? Culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption, just to name a few.

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Impeach raps set vs Arroyo, again

Published by Ellen on October 10, 2008

Complaint to be filed Saturday, Sunday, Monday

By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
Inquirer.net

An impeachment complaint will be filed against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for three consecutive days, starting Saturday, a private lawyer said Friday.

Harry Roque of the University of the Philippines Law Center said the impeachment complaint would be filed at the House of Representatives at 7 p.m., Saturday, exactly a year after the filing of a similar case; 12 midnight, Sunday, to mark the end of the one-year ban under the Constitution; and at 9 a.m., Monday, when he and other petitioners would personally go to the House to file the complaint.

Roque said the same complaint would be filed on separate days to ensure that no other complaint would slip past the group.

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