GMA, 2 former speakers reject Sara impeachment

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, along with two former House Speakers and a leading Senate candidate, were among the 91 lawmakers who declined to sign the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, which were forwarded to the Senate on Wednesday.

Ms. Arroyo, the current representative of Pampanga and former Speaker during President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, led a group of 20 lawmakers from Luzon who chose not to support the impeachment effort.

Former Speaker Lord Allan Velasco of Marinduque guided 11 legislators in withholding their signatures. Meanwhile, in Mindanao, former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte headed a block of lawmakers who also refrained from signing the impeachment articles.

Additionally, ACT-CIS Partylist Representative Erwin Tulfo, who leads the senatorial surveys, opted not to sign the impeachment documents.

Las Piñas Representative Camille Villar and SAGIP Representative Rodante Marcoleta, both Senate candidates, similarly chose not to lend their support.

Other prominent lawmakers on the list include Tobias Tiangco of Navotas City, Lani Mercado-Revilla and Ramon Jolo Revilla of Cavite, Richard Gomez of Leyte, Paolo Duterte of Davao City, Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City, Jose Maria Zubiri of Bukidnon, and Michael Romero of 1-PACMAN Partylist.

The list of 91 lawmakers who rejected the impeachment of the Vice President:

METRO MANILA

Luis Campos (2nd District, Makati City), Edward Vera Maceda (4th District, Manila), Eric Martinez (2nd District, Valenzuela City), Romulo Peña (1st District, Makati City), Tobias Tiangco (Lone District, Navotas City), Camille Villar (Lone District, Las Piñas City)

LUZON

Adrian Jay Advincula (3rd District, Cavite), Antonio Albano (1st District, Isabela), Marlyn Alonte (Lone District, Biñan City), Jose Alvarez (2nd District, Palawan), Angelo Barba (2nd District, Ilocos Norte), Lianda Bolilia (4th District, Batangas), Arthur Celeste (1st District, Pangasinan), Midy Cua (Lone District, Quirino), Jack Duavit (1st District, Rizal), Jose Arturo Garcia (3rd District, Rizal), Ramon Guico (5th District, Pangasinan), Josephine Veronique Jaye Lacson-Noel (Lone District, Malabon City), Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2nd District, Pampanga), Lani Mercado-Revilla (2nd District, Cavite), Ramon Nolasco (1st District, Cagayan), Ramon Jolo Revilla (1st District, Cavite), Noel Rivera (3rd District, Tarlac), Joey Sarte Salceda (2nd District, Albay), Emigdio Tanjuatco (2nd District, Rizal), Christian Tell Yap (2nd District, Tarlac)

VISAYAS

Carl Nicolas Cari (5th District, Leyte), Mar Rachel Marguerite Del (1st District, Cebu City), Pablo John Garcia (3rd District, Cebu), Richard Gomez (4th District, Leyte), Olga Ara Kho (2nd District, Masbate), Ian Paul Dy (3rd District, Isabela), Ricardo Kho (1st District, Masbate), Wilton Tonton Kho (3rd District, Masbate), Antonio Legarda (Lone District, Antique), Reynolds Michael Tan (2nd District, Samar), Lord Allan Velasco (Lone District, Marinduque)

MINDANAO

Cheeno Miguel Almario (2nd District, Davao Oriental), Pantaleon Alvarez (1st District, Davao del Norte); Claude Bautista (Lone District, Davao Occidental), Rudy Caoagdan (2nd District, North Cotabato), Dale Corvera (2nd District, Agusan del Norte), Nelson Dayanghirang (1st District, Davao Oriental), Alan Aldu Dujali (2nd District, Davao del Norte), Paolo Duterte (1st District, Davao City), Marie Bernadette Escudero (1st District, Sorsogon), Vincent Garcia (2nd District, Davao City), Ruwel Peter Gonzaga (2nd District, Davao de Oro), Mujiv Hataman (Lone District, Basilan), Khymer Adan Olaso (1st District, Zamboanga City), Rosemarie Conejos Panotes (2nd District, Camarines Norte), Rufus Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City), Princess Rihan Sakaluran (1st District, Sultan Kudarat), Horacio Suansing (2nd District, Sultan Kudarat), Stephen James Tan (1st District, Samar), Alfonso Umali (2nd District, Oriental Mindoro), Isidro Ungab (3rd District, Davao City), Rosanna Vergara (3rd District, Nueva Ecija), Eric Go Yap (Lone District, Benguet), Emilio Bernardino Yulo (5th District, Negros Occidental), Maria Carmen Zamora (1st District, Davao de Oro), Jose Maria Zubiri (3rd District, Bukidnon), Claudine Diana Bautista-Lim (DUMPER-PTDA Partylist)

PARTYLIST — Bonifacio Bosita (1-RIDER Partylist), Drixie Mae Cardema (Duterte Youth Partylist), Elizaldy Co (Ako Bicol Partylist), Alfred delos Santos (Ang Probinsyano Partylist), Nicolas Enciso (Bicol Saro Partylist), Robert Raymund Estrella (ABONO Partylist), Rudys Caesar Fariñas (Probinsyano Ako Partylist), Anthony Rolando Golez (MALASAKIT@BAYANIHAN Partylist), Sandro Gonzalez (Marino Partylist), Bernadette “BH” Herrera (BH Partylist), Virgilio Lacson (Manila Teachers Partylist), Sonny Lagon (Ako Bisaya Partylist), Wilbert Lee (AGRI Partylist), Rodante Marcoleta (SAGIP Partylist), Margarita Nograles (PBA Partylist), Jose Gay Padiernos (GP Partylist), Bryan Revilla (AGIMAT Partylist), Michael Romero (1-PACMAN Partylist), Ron Salo (KABAYAN Partylist), Richelle Singson (AKO ILOCANO AKO Partylist), Reynaldo Tamayo (ANGAT Partylist), Shernee Tan-Tambut (Kusug Tausug Partylist), Caroline Tanchay (SAGIP Partylist), Erwin Tulfo (ACT-CIS Partylist), Samuel Verzosa (Tutok to Win Partylist), Eduardo Villanueva (CIBAC Partylist), Brian Raymund Yamsuan (BICOL SARO Partylist), Edvic Yap (ACT-CIS Partylist).