{"id":24520,"date":"2014-09-02T21:16:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=24520"},"modified":"2014-09-02T21:16:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:16:41","slug":"impeachment-proponents-given-fair-day-during-deliberations-says-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/02\/impeachment-proponents-given-fair-day-during-deliberations-says-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment proponents given fair day during deliberations, says Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24531\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/impeachment-hearing-sept-2b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24531 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/impeachment-hearing-sept-2b-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"The House Committee on Justice chaired by Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., voting 54-4, junked with finality on Tuesday (Sept. 2, 2014) the three impeachment complaints filed against President Benigno S. Aquino III for insufficiency in substance. (PNA photo by Gil S. Calinga)\" width=\"604\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/impeachment-hearing-sept-2b-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/impeachment-hearing-sept-2b-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The House Committee on Justice chaired by Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., voting 54-4, junked with finality on Tuesday (Sept. 2, 2014) the three impeachment complaints filed against President Benigno S. Aquino III for insufficiency in substance. (PNA photo by Gil S. Calinga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Groups wanting to oust the President through impeachment were given an opportunity to make their case in Congress but their move did not prosper, the Palace said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Committee on Justice of the House, after a thorough review of the allegations in terms of its substance, has dismissed the complaints against the President,&#8221; Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a statement on the dismissal of the impeachment cases against the President.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We take note that the process took place with transparency, not just according to the rules, but to give the proponents every opportunity to make their case,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday trashed the three impeachment complaints against the President after the cases were found insufficient in substance.<\/p>\n<p>With a vote of 54 against each complaint, the three complaints were dismissed separately by lawmakers. Only four votes favored each of it.<\/p>\n<p>The first two complaints stemmed from President Aquino\u2019s Disbursement Acceleration Program.<\/p>\n<p>The third complaint is over the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the United States. The agreement seeks for a greater American military presence in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Groups wanting to oust the President through impeachment were given an opportunity to make their case in Congress &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}