PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ opposition to impeaching Vice President Sara Duterte remains, according to Malacañang.
“The President’s position on the impeachment move in the (House of Representatives) has not changed,” Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin recently told press members.
Bersamin commented after being asked if Marcos’ stance remains after the peace rally conducted by Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) at the Quirino Grandstand wherein more than a million members of INC gathered to call for unity against the move to oust VP Duterte.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla also said the rally would not affect the ongoing investigation of Duterte’s supposed threat to the President, adding that anyone can air their opinion as part of freedom of speech.
“We just have to look at the law as something that equalizes everything between all of us. That’s why we cannot give special favors to people because of standing,” Remulla said in a Philippine Star report.
The president already pronounced that the impeachment against his estranged VP would not solve the country’s problem and definitely would not benefit the public nor “improve a single Filpino life.”
"This is not important. This does not make any difference to even one single Filipino life. So, why waste time on this?" Marcos previously said.
Duterte is facing three impeachment complaints due to alleged misuse of millions of government funds under the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education (DepEd) under her watch.
Duterte, who has been the apple of the eye of some lawmakers wanting her out of her office, said what is happening now in the country and the continuous backsliding should not continue.
The Vice President added that because the country is regressing, is “seriously considering” running for President in 2028, a pronouncement that contradicted her previous remarks about her political endeavors.
Malacañang on the other hand, refused to comment on Duterte’s recent pronouncement about considering running for president in the country in the next national polls.
“No statement here,” Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez told reporters.(LAO)