PBBM impeach seen ‘formless’

Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong on Saturday dismissed the rumored impeachment plan against President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. circulating among lawmakers in the House of Representatives as “vague, shapeless and formless.”

Adiong said he sees no offense warranting an impeachment complaint against the Chief Executive.

“First of all, we don’t know who would file the complaint. That’s why these kinds of talks are very vague, shapeless and formless,” he said.

He described the matter, “It’s hopeless, it’s shapeless, and we don’t even know what actually prompted these possible individuals — we don’t even know what they can attribute directly to the President that amounts to an impeachment complaint.”

Earlier, House Senior Deputy Minority Leader, Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice, said some lawmakers are expected to endorse an impeachment complaint against the President, in what he called a “collective action of a pro-VP (Vice President) Sara (Duterte) group.”

The Caloocan solon said two legislators have already committed to endorsing the complaint.

Erice added he had been approached to become one of the endorsers, but he declined.

He said among the grounds for the possible complaint is “betrayal of public trust” over issues in the past national budgets.