Justice Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre II said yesterday President Duterte cannot be impeached over his public statement in favor of the policemen who are suspected of liability in the killing last month of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa.
Aguirre said the President did not commit any culpable violation of the Constitution or betrayal of public trust that would warrant an impeachment proceeding.
“What is impeachable about it? What trust did the President betray?” he said in an interview.
Aguirre pointed out that the statement made by the President was part of the Chief Executive’s right to freedom of expression.
The Justice Secretary reacted to statements issued by Senators Leila de Lima and Antonio F. Trillanes IV who claimed that the President could be impeached for publicly saying that he would not allow the policemen linked to the Espinosa killing to go to jail.
The President was quoted as saying “I will not allow these guys (referring to the members of the Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippine National Police) to go to prison, even if the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) says it was murder. After all, the NBI is under me (and also) the Department of Justice (DoJ).”
“They’re just making a big issue from it. If you examine the President’s statement, he merely exercised his freedom of expression,” Aguirre said. (Rey G. Panaligan)
Di talaga maiipeace kasi naman walang ginagawang masama ang Presidente!
tama ka dyan aguirre! wala naman silang sapat na dahilan eh
di talaga nila kaya si digong kasi naman magaling ang pangulo!
ganun naman tlga kasi walang syang ginagawang mali doon
maghintay lang kayo at makukulong na yan next year yang dutiti na yan!
maghintay ka hanggang sa mamatay ka! Hindi naman mangyayare ang sinasabi mo eh!
ikaw na muna ang mauuna!
malayong ma impeach ang pdu30
impeach na yan wlang alam kundi puro patayan!
ikaw ang iimpeach mabuti pa sa kabubunganga mo
hindi nila kayang gawin yan sa pdu30
yes kasi hindi naman dpat sya ma impeach
alam natin na magiging okay ang laht
dpt jan sa dutiti na yan pinpalays ng maging maayos ang bansa natin mawala ang gulo!
pwede can you just shut up!
excuse me lang ha?magaling ang pangulo alam niya ang kanyang gingawa!
maniwala lang tyo sa kakayahn ng pangulo magiging matagumpay ito.
hayaan nalang natin ang disisyon ng pangulo
maraming plano ang pangulo sa ating bansa kaya wag nalang muna natin silang pangunahan
erespeto nalang natin ang disisyon nang pangulo alam nya ginagawa nya
ginagawa lang ng pangulo kung anu ang nararapat
magtiwala nalang tayo kay president duterte bawasan nyo na muna ang paninira sakanya
kampante ako sa mga desisyong ginagwa ni digong,alam kong priority nya ang ating kapakanan.
siguro naman wag nalang tayong gumawa ng issue sa pangulo tiwala at suporta ang kanyang kailangan
alam naman ni digong kung anong gagawin nya,hayaan na lang natin sya.
malaki ang tiwala ko ky digong,alam kong magaling syang mamuno ng ating bansa.
pagkatiwalaan lang natin si duterte hindi naman sya papayag na ganito na lang ang ating bansa.
bulok na ang kokote nyan ni dutae.
wag mo ng idamay si digong sa kaugukan mo.