Eliminate the Dutertes: 'Marcos Forever' scheme

Two events sparked public backlash this week. I am, of course, referring to the Feb. 5 House impeachment of Vice President Inday Sara Duterte.

- HARRY ROQUE

A day earlier, Duterte-allied political and social media influencers and vloggers filed a petition seeking legal redress to the Supreme Court against the joint inquiry of the House of Representatives committees of public order and safety, information and communications technology, and public information, or TriCom.

The impeachment of VP Sara and the TriCom inquiry serve one common purpose: eliminate the Dutertes for the "Marcos Forever" scheme to succeed.

The duplicitous Marcos-Araneta-Romualdez triumvirate is showing signs of political insecurity. Notwithstanding the 'doctored' surveys purportedly showing a decline in the Vice President's numbers, the reality is, Inday Sara Duterte is still very much viewed as a threat by those in the halls and corridors of power. All have ganged up on her to prevent her from being the next president of the Republic.

The rush to impeach VP Sara, the first impeachment case against the country's second highest official, is a high-stake political gamble. This is the only chance to eliminate the most approved and most trusted public official in 2028. It is now or never.

The rules say one-third of the 306 congressmen, or 102, is needed to transmit the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate, which will serve as an impeachment court, to start an actual trial. 215 have voted to impeach the Vice President. No less than presidential son, Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos, headlined the signers of the fourth impeachment complaint against the VP. I consider Cong. Sandro's action a direct slap to the Iglesia ni Cristo, which weeks earlier threw their support to VP Sara and rallied against her impeachment.