Anti-Duterte propaganda is out in full force including that nefarious radio program Kuwatro Alas on what is the former DZMM now resurrected under a new owner. And then there is Senator Risa Hontiveros who figures prominently in defective impeachment complaints, this being but the most recent one. In his PhilStar piece “Diligence”, columnist Alex Magno points this out…
Our congressmen, historically, tended to treat impeachment lightly. Recall how the impeachment complaint against then sitting president Joseph Estrada was passed during the pause in proceedings after the opening prayer. That was meant to circumvent prolonged debates on the floor.
The House of Representatives did not thoroughly study the complaint filed against then sitting Chief Justice Renato Corona. Among the complainants is the group led by now Senator Risa Hontiveros. In a later ruling, the Supreme Court found Corona committed no criminal offense. A respected jurist was ruined by a lynching mob that had no clear idea what due diligence meant.
Consider then the question: How true are the reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) doesn’t want former President Rodrigo Duterte dying in their custody and is now trying to find a solomonic solution to its quandary?
No less than Elizabeth Zimmerman has confirmed, that the former president while healthy, has been reduced to skin and bones because he isn’t used to Dutch food.
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As I’ve said before, no way the anti-Duterte bloc wins in any scenario; Duterte coming home in a coffin or his ashes in an urn or even alive. They still don’t have a viable candidate against Vice President Inday Sara Duterte in 2028 and it doesn’t matter how hard they push for either Leni Robredo, Risa, or Bam Aquino, even if in tandem with the administration candidate.
Their Hail Mary pass is to turn public opinion against the Duterte’s by 2028 through the impeachment trial.
