Palace dismisses impeachment threat
Thursday, November 17, 2011
MALACANANG gave no weight Thursday to an impeachment complaint that the House minority is considering after Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was barred from leaving the country earlier this week despite a Supreme Court (SC) order that allowed her trip abroad.
“There is no impeachable offense on the part of the President,” presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in a press briefing Thursday.
House minority lawmakers on Wednesday said they are considering filing impeachment charges against Aquino for defying the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the SC on a watchlist order against Arroyo.
The High Court allowed Arroyo to seek medical treatment abroad but the Department of Justice refused to recognize the TRO pending the resolution of the government’s motion asking the court to reconsider.
“I think that (impeachment) is just their way of getting into the discussion. We don’t believe it will prosper,” Lacierda stressed.
He insisted that the SC should have given the government due process by allowing it to defend its position in oral arguments before the restraining order was issued. Oral arguments on the watchlist order are scheduled for next Tuesday.
“We were deprived of due process. Last Tuesday’s hearing was not about the right of GMA (Arroyo) to travel, it was about the right of the State to be heard or not, and the Supreme Court said ‘we don’t need to hear the position of the State’,” he noted.
Lacierda said the government will keep Arroyo from leaving the country until the SC decides on the Office of the Solicitor General’s motion for reconsideration.
Aquino was also defended by his allies at the House of Representative regarding the impeachment threat.
House Majority Leader Neptali II said he would cut off his own head if an impeachment complaint is filed and prospers.
This was in reference to a promise made by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio, an Arroyo lawyer, to cut off his testicles if the Arroyo couple does not return after being allowed to go abroad.
Gonzales said the Liberal Party would block any impeachment proceedings against Aquino and their group will be drafting a resolution expressing support for the Chief Executive.
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. also expressed doubts that the House minority would be able to get sufficient votes to impeach Aquino.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, meanwhile, said it will be up to the SC to determine if the government’s insistence to keep Arroyo in the Philippines violates the Constitution.
“If the Executive, through the Secretary of Justice, honestly believes they are within solid legal ground to object to the departure of the party (then) this is a justifiable issue, which only the Supreme Court can (decide),” he said.
He said if the SC finds the Executive branch overreached its authority, then “maybe an impeachment case will stand.”
“Until that time, it is a debatable issue,” he said.
The SC has scheduled a special en banc session Friday to deliberate on the DOJ’s defiance of the temporary restraining order it issued allowing Arroyo to travel. (Jill Beltran/Kathrina Alvarez/with Jonathan de Santos)
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/11/17/palace-dismisses-impeachment-threat-191113
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