Despite the dismay of the groups who
endorsed the recently junked impeachment complaints against President Aquino,
the Palace said that they were given an opportunity to make their case in
Congress but their move did not prosper.
"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," Deputy
Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said.
"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," she said.
The House of Representatives justice
committee on Tuesday scrapped the three impeachment raps sued against President
Benigno Aquino III due to its “insufficient in substance.”
With 54-4 in favor of Aquino, the decision
to move the case was overwhelmingly voted to junk.
Supposedly, a fourth
impeachment rap accused Aquino of sustaining the outlawed Priority Development
Assistance Fund (PDAF) in the 2014 budget even after the SC declared as
unconstitutional.
However, the
complaint failed to reach the floor in time for the committee referral of the
first three complaints.
While the first two complaints curtailed from President Aquino’s Disbursement Acceleration Program.
