Marcos to adhere to ouster process

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. would comply with due process, pledging to provide congressmen with all documents required as impeachment proceedings against him move forward in the chamber.

“If it is necessary and it is said that any document must be provided, again the President respects the process,” Palace Press Officer Clarissa A. Castro told a news briefing in Filipino on Tuesday.

This followed the House of Representatives’ move to begin impeachment proceedings on the twin raps against Mr. Marcos, which the Palace counted as an attack against the administration.

The President is facing two ouster complaints following allegations of his hand in a multibillion-peso public works scam tied to faulty flood mitigation projects.

Both complaints accused Mr. Marcos of betraying public trust by enabling large-scale corruption by distributing infrastructure funds to congressional districts, resulting in substandard or unfinished projects that left the public shortchanged.

Mr. Marcos earlier said he did not commit any impeachable offense, maintaining his confidence that the raps would not prosper.

The House panel will decide whether the accusations are sufficient to advance the case to the Senate, which convenes as an impeachment court.

Referring the complaints to the committee also bars other groups from filing separate cases and shields the President from facing another impeachment attempt within the same calendar year. — Chloe Mari A. Hufana