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Senator Trillanes: Duterte can be impeached like Erap

Senator Trillanes: Duterte can be impeached like Erap

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MANILA — Opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV maintained that President Rodrigo Duterte can be impeached despite his popularity like former President Joseph Estrada before him.

“Hindi komo nahalal siya ay pwede na siyang makalusot sa mga ginawa niya before,” stressed Trillanes in DZMM show “Teka Muna” on Saturday.

“Remember yung kay President Erap? Ang akusasyon sa kanya ay jueteng lang. Very popular siya noong panahong iyon pero si Chavit Singson ang testigo laban sa kanya. Ganoon talaga dito sa ating bansa. Ke popular ka, ke halal ka, ‘pag pumatay ka ng tao, naging mandarambong ka, kailangan kang managot.”

Senate witnesses Edgar Matobato and retired police officer Arturo Lascañas have implicated Duterte as having links with the Davao Death Squad (DDS).

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“Malinaw po ‘yung pagsalaysay (ni Lascañas) ng mga iba't ibang insidente ng pagpatay sa utos ni presidente na dating mayor ng Davao City, tsaka hindi po adik at kriminal yung pinapatay po nila,” Trillanes said.

“Meron ding mga inosenteng mga tao, kalaban sa politika, may brodkaster sa radyo at meron ngang bata at buntis na babae. Malinaw po ang kanyang testimonya at hindi po yan kinontra.”

The senator said this is clear grounds for impeachment, aside from his reported billions of pesos in bank accounts

“Pwede siyang ma-impeach, maliwanag na kaso ito ng murder, multiple murder actually. Aside pa ito sa bank accounts nya na plunder naman na bilyong deposits na nakapangalan sa kanya. Ito po, impeachable offenses ito, pwede po itong gamitin sa impeachment,” he said.

But some senators, including Duterte's allies, doubt the veracity Lascañas' testimony as he already denied under oath any knowledge of or involvement in the Davao killings in an earlier Senate inquiry.

“Pulis pa sya noon at tinatanong tungkol sa DDS, hindi siya handa para ituro si President Duterte,” said the senator.

Trillanes even compared Lascañas to St. Peter.

“Tignan nyo nga sa Bibliya, si San Pedro . . . nung panahong under duress siya, (tinanong siya kung) kasama mo si Hesukristo? Dineny nya three times kasi under duress siya. Kasi he feared for his life, pero nung pinatawad siya, ipinagkatiwala pa sa kanya yung haligi ng simbahan.”

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