{"id":95022,"date":"2017-03-22T03:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T07:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=95022"},"modified":"2017-03-22T03:29:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T07:29:06","slug":"special-session-sought-to-tackle-impeach-rap-vs-robredo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/22\/special-session-sought-to-tackle-impeach-rap-vs-robredo\/","title":{"rendered":"Special session sought to tackle impeach rap vs Robredo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawyer Oliver Lozano has asked the House leadership to call for a special session of Congress in April to tackle the impeachment case he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo. (Photo: Leni Robredo\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014Lawyer Oliver Lozano has asked the House leadership to call for a special session of Congress in April to tackle the impeachment case he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo.<\/p>\n

During a media forum on Wednesday in Quezon City, Lozano said Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez should already initiate the impeachment process against the Vice President through a special session at the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sent a request to Speaker not to wait until May\u2026 This impeachment can be done in April if there is a special session,\u201d Lozano said.<\/p>\n

Lozano expressed confidence that the Robredo ouster move will prosper in the lower chamber, noting that there are at least a hundred congressmen who will support the impeachment try against her.<\/p>\n

A vote of at least one-third of all the members of the House is necessary before it can be transmitted to the Senate for trial.<\/p>\n

“There is a sufficient number of representatives that will favor the impeachment\u2026 There are 100 representatives already,” Lozano said.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s no such thing as a weak or strong impeachment complaint. Impeachment is a numbers game,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Lozano described Robredo as a \u201cthorn\u201d that hampers the Duterte administration\u2019s pursuit of radical change.<\/p>\n

“These dishonest and disloyal misrepresentations of the Vice President have shamed our country,” Lozano said.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Lozano, together with perennial senatorial candidate Melchor Chavez, delivered a copy of their impeachment complaint to the Speaker\u2019s office requesting for proper endorsement.<\/p>\n

A complaint filed by any citizen should get the endorsement of a sitting congressman before it will be referred to the House committee on justice for hearing.<\/p>\n

Lozano is a known serial impeachment filer who filed impeachment complaints against former presidents Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Benigno Aquino III.<\/p>\n

In their complaint, Lozano and Chavez cited betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the constitution as grounds for impeachment against Robredo.<\/p>\n

They explained that Robredo allegedly committed acts of injustice stemming from a video message she sent to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs where she criticized the conduct of the administration\u2019s anti-drug campaign.<\/p>\n

“She (Robredo) betrayed the people by shaming the nation with her dishonest message to the United Nation,” the complaint read.<\/p>\n

Alvarez earlier said he is studying the possibility of filing an impeachment complaint against Robredo, whom he accused of having a hand in the first impeach move against President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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