2 impeachment raps vs Marcos junked

The two impeachment complaints against President Marcos were dismissed on Wednesday, Feb. 4, by the House Committee on Justice after declaring both insufficient in substance.

- By ELLSON QUISMORIO

Batangas 2nd District Rep. Ger-ville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro, committee chairperson, made separate declarations to this effect after holding separate and rather lopsided votings among the panel members.

It took the justice panel only three hearing days to finish the impeachment proceedings against the sitting President.

The first complaint was filed by lawyer Andre de Jesus. It sought to impeach Marcos on three grounds: Graft and corruption, culpable violation of the Constitution, and betrayal of public trust.

The second complaint, filed by militant group leaders and former Makabayan bloc congressmen led by Liza Maza, sought to impeach Marcos on the lone ground of betrayal of public trust.

Both complaints were deemed sufficient in form during the Luistro panel's first hearing on Monday, Feb. 2. However, they each had to pass a sufficiency test on substance for them to move forward in the House.