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Willard Cheng,
ABS-CBN News
Published Mar 16, 2017 05:25 PM PHT
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Updated May 26, 2017 01:14 PM PHT

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte's chief legal adviser on Thursday dismissed an impeachment complaint filed against the chief executive as "black propaganda.
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte's chief legal adviser on Thursday dismissed an impeachment complaint filed against the chief executive as "black propaganda.
The President will not be distracted by the complaint since he enjoys "overwhelming" public support, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said.
The President will not be distracted by the complaint since he enjoys "overwhelming" public support, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said.
“Talaga naming walang kabase-base ang demanda. Kasi kahit saan mo tingnan, anong binetray niya? Corruption? Eh number one nga niyang kalaban ang corruption,” Panelo told reporters in Malacañang.
“Talaga naming walang kabase-base ang demanda. Kasi kahit saan mo tingnan, anong binetray niya? Corruption? Eh number one nga niyang kalaban ang corruption,” Panelo told reporters in Malacañang.
(The complaint has no basis at all. Whichever way you look at it – what did he betray? Corruption? Corruption is his number one enemy.)
(The complaint has no basis at all. Whichever way you look at it – what did he betray? Corruption? Corruption is his number one enemy.)
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Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano filed an impeachment complaint against Duterte at the House of Representatives and accused the President of culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption, bribery and other high crimes in relation to the government's war on drugs.
Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano filed an impeachment complaint against Duterte at the House of Representatives and accused the President of culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption, bribery and other high crimes in relation to the government's war on drugs.
Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the impeachment complaint appeared to be part of a destabilization plot against the president. Alejano denied this.
Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the impeachment complaint appeared to be part of a destabilization plot against the president. Alejano denied this.
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