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The impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen moved forward at the House of Representatives, after Speaker Lord Allan Velasco endorsed it to the House committee on rules.
In a letter to majority leader and rules committee chairman Martin Romualdez dated Thursday, March 25, Velasco referred the complaint to be included in the House’s order of business.
This is procedural. The Speaker is mandated by the rules of impeachment that complaints be included in the House’s order of business within 10 session days after receipt.
The complaint was filed on December 7, 2020. Only 6 session days have passed until March 25, or when the House adjourned for congressional recess.
The complaint will be tackled in May, when the House resumes its session.
What complaint again?
The impeachment complaint was submitted to the Office of the House Secretary-General by Edwin Cordevilla, who identified himself as secretary-general of Filipino League of Advocates for Good Government, on December 7, 2020.
Ilocos Norte 2nd District Representative Angelo Marcos Barba, cousin of defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, endorsed the impeachment complaint filed against Leonen.
In his impeachment complaint, Cordevilla accused Leonen of culpable violation of the 1987 Constitution, delaying the resolution of cases, and betrayal of public trust.
The complaint was filed after the Marcos camp failed to force Leonen to inhibit from the electoral protest case by Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo – a case he lost in the Supreme Court (SC)
The SC sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) unanimously dismissed the electoral protest filed by Marcos in February 2021. – Rappler.com
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