Planned impeach rap vs Marcos meant to tally Duterte allies

THE impending impeachment complaint against President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. may be meant to gauge and shore up allies willing to go up against the administration, an analysts said at the weekend.

- By Adrian H. Halili Reporter

"This can also be interpreted as a political move to check how many congressmen are entertaining the idea of going against the Marcoses, since we are also expecting that Marcos, Jr. is about to become lame-duck president after the midterms," Arjan P. Aguirre, who teaches political science at the Ateneo de Manila University said in a Facebook Messenger chat.

Last week, the Duterte Youth party-list said they are set to file what would be the first impeachment complaint against Mr. Marcos.