Malacañang has claimed that Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano’s impeachment complaints against President Duterte are part of the lawmaker’s Senate bid in the next elections.
According to presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella, Alejano is using the complaint to maximize his media exposure.
“It seems that this is part and parcel of his intention to run for the Senate to replace Sen. Trillanes,” Abella said in a statement.
“The political tactic of filing an “incomplete” impeachment complaint on the first day of recess of the HoR then to “supplement” it on a different day seems geared towards providing media mileage for the proponent,” he added.
The Palace official also said that not only is the complaint a way to gain media exposure but the complaint itself is “unfounded, lacking both in form and substance.”
He assured that Duterte is not sitting on the maritime dispute with China on the South China Sea and Benham Rise.
“The President is the chief architect of the nation’s foreign policy and under his leadership, we strive to safeguard the national interest, sovereignty, and territorial integrity,” he said. (Argyll Cyrus B. Geducos)