{"id":24579,"date":"2014-09-02T20:35:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=24579"},"modified":"2014-09-02T23:38:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T15:38:09","slug":"philippine-house-committee-rejects-3-impeachment-complaints-against-president-aquino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/02\/philippine-house-committee-rejects-3-impeachment-complaints-against-president-aquino\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippine House committee rejects 3 impeachment complaints against President Aquino"},"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, Philippines &#8212; The Philippine House of Representatives&#8217; justice committee on Tuesday rejected three impeachment complaints against President Benigno Aquino III, killing the challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The committee, dominated by Aquino allies, voted 54-4 against each of the complaints, declaring them insufficient in substance.<\/p>\n<p>The complaints were filed by mostly left-wing activists and sponsored by the House&#8217;s left-wing bloc. They charged Aquino of culpable violation of the constitution, betrayal of public trust and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The complaints cited Aquino&#8217;s implementation of a major economic stimulus program declared partly unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and a defenceco-operation agreement that gives American troops greater access to bases across the Philippines. Aquino has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>The son of pro-democracy icons, Aquino won the presidency by a wide margin in 2010 on a promise to rid his nation of corruption and widespread poverty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Chair, this is really a terrible day for accountability, a terrible day for the congressional power over the purse, a terrible day for the Filipino people,&#8221; said Rep. Neri Colmenares, one of the sponsors of the complaints, addressing Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., the committee chairman.<\/p>\n<p>About a dozen youths who raised protest banners and chanted &#8220;Oust Noynoy!&#8221; had to be forcibly evicted from the room by security personnel. Noynoy is Aquino&#8217;s nickname.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Aquino, Herminio Coloma Jr., expressed satisfaction with the result. &#8220;Just as the president said in an interview last week, he was confident that justice will prevail, and that is our position in this,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines &#8212; The Philippine House of Representatives&#8217; justice committee on Tuesday rejected three impeachment complaints against President Benigno Aquino &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-24579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24579","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=24579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24579\/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=24579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}