Marcos: JPE Right on INC Rally, but VP Impeachment Not 'Practical'

While he agrees with Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile that Congress should not be pressured either way on the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte, President Marcos on Friday maintained that moves to remove his former ally from office are not "practical."

- By HELEN FLORES

Enrile earlier questioned religious group Iglesia ni Cristo (INC)'s "peace rally," which was supposedly held in support of Marcos' stance against impeaching Duterte.

However, the event is widely seen as a warning by the religious sect – which practices bloc voting – to lawmakers against unseating Duterte.

"JPE is one of our best legal thinkers in the country and he is right, there is a consequence to – there will be a precedent, and it will be very problematic," the President told reporters in Leyte.

"But I still think that even if Congress is mandated to process these, the House doesn't have a choice, and the Senate doesn't have a choice once these impeachment complaints are filed," he said.