PHThe impending impeachment complaint against President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. may be meant to gauge and shore up allies willing to go up against the administration, an analysts said at the weekend.
“This can also be interpreted as a political move to check how many congressmen are entertaining the idea of going against the Marcoses, since we are also expecting that Marcos, Jr. is about to become lame-duck president after the midterms,” Arjan P. Aguirre, who teaches political science at the Ateneo de Manila University said in a Facebook Messenger chat.
According to Mr. Aguirre, the move may have been meant to organize the allies of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte in the House of Representatives, especially as several new congressmen are set to take office in the next Congress.
Duterte Youth accused the President of culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust for allowing the transfer of Mr. Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
According to their complaint, Mr. Marcos “ceded sovereign control over a domestic legal matter to an international body that no longer holds jurisdiction over the Philippines. This act is a blatant constitutional violation of national sovereignty.”
“President Marcos Jr.’s decisions and actions to unilaterally surrender former President Duterte to a foreign tribunal, is a betrayal of public trust. He exhibited gross inconsistency and bad faith, deceiving the Filipino people and failing to uphold his sworn duty to defend the Constitution and execute the country’s laws,” the group added.
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