Ayes and Nays

DE VENECIA III at the Ayes and Nays Media Forum:

“More than anything else, the impeachment complaint is a mechanism of the Constitution to put the President in check and to assure the government’s transparency in all its dealings.” These are the words of Joey de Venecia III in the recent Ayes and Nays Media Forum on the impeachment complaint held in Quezon City recently.

De Venecia also added that it is not only President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who is on trial but the House of Representatives itself, more specifically the Committee on Justice.

For his part, Rep. Mat Defensor, the House Chairman on the Committee on Justice says that it is now the higher interest of the country that is at stake and the Lakas Party will not prohibit its members from endorsing the impeachment complaint if need be.

“Lakas members should cross party lines if necessary for the sake of national interest.” The party will not make punitive moves against those who would do so, Defensor clarifies.

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