{"id":221344,"date":"2019-07-03T02:18:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T06:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221344"},"modified":"2019-07-03T02:18:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T06:18:50","slug":"mere-filing-of-impeachment-wont-warrant-arrest-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/03\/mere-filing-of-impeachment-wont-warrant-arrest-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Mere filing of impeachment won\u2019t warrant arrest: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Secretary Salvador Panelo holds a press briefing for the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps (MPC) on Monday, November 26, 2018, at the New Executive Building (NEB) in Malaca\u00f1ang. (Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The mere filing of impeachment cases against President Rodrigo Duterte does not warrant an arrest, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo made this clarification after Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Oscar Albayalde, said police would arrest those who will file impeachment complaints if \u201cwe see that they violate the law\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cMere filing (of an impeachment case) is not (basis for an arrest),\u201d Panelo said when asked in an ambushed media interview if this move would warrant an arrest.<\/p>\n

Panelo clarified that the PNP could only arrest those who violate the Constitution.<\/p>\n

On Monday (July 1), Albayalde said an investigation will be conducted first before \u201cyou can make an arrest\u201d.<\/p>\n

Duterte earlier threatened to jail those who would file an impeachment case against him in relation to his verbal agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping that allows Chinese to fish within the Philippines\u2019 exclusive economic zone for long as China will allow Filipinos to fish in the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal during their first bilateral meeting in October 2016.<\/p>\n

Panelo explained that the chief executive\u2019s remark was only \u201can expression of displeasure and disappointment\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a righteous indignation. He could not understand why critics and detractors cannot appreciate what he is doing,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the President was frustrated by how his critics failed to see his intentions to protect Filipinos from possible armed conflict with China.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe cannot visualize why he is doing this. He is doing this because he is following the directive of the Constitution to serve and protect the people. He wants to avoid armed conflict between the two countries because that will endanger the security of the nation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Asked if Palace would remind the PNP not to take the President\u2019s remark literally, Panelo said: \u201cYou don’t have to remind them. They know their law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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