Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Thursday filed a supplemental impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte in connection with his foreign policy over the West Philippine Sea, Panatag Shoal, and the Benham Rise.
Alejano filed the complaint at the House of Representatives Secretary General’s office, making good his threat to seek Duterte’s ouster for the impeachable offense of bettayal of public trust and culpable violations of the Constitution over his alleged secret sweet deals with China and other aspects of his foreign policy.
Alejano said Duterte’s foreign policy “reduced significantly our opportunity to claim our rightful claims on the West Philippine Sea, Panatag Shoal and Benham Rise.”
“Sa katunayan, ang aming paningin kinagat ni Pangulong Duterte ang pain ng China at pumasok sa bitag nito,” Alejano said.
(In fact, our view is President Duterte bit the bait of China and fell into its trap.)
Alejano added that Duterte committed dereliction of duty for his inaction and his failure to assert the country’s sovereign maritime and territorial rights on Benham Rise, Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and the rest of the West Philippine Sea in the South China Sea.
Alejano said the President seems resigned to give up the country’s maritime rights in exchange for loans and investments from China which would further put the country in debt.
“Desidido na ang Pangulo na wala na tayo magagawa. Bago magsimula ang lahat, suko na si Pangulo. Ito ay kapalit ng short term investments at loans. Sa huli, gigipitin tayo at itatali sa utang,” Alejano said.
(The President is decided that we can no longer do anything. Before anything even begins, the President has given up. This is in exchange for short term investments and loans. In the end, we will be cornered and tied up with debts.)
The former Marine captain filed the supplemental complaint on top of his first impeachment complaint against Duterte for betrayal of public trust, culpable violation of the Constitution, bribery, and other high crimes due to this administration’s bloody war on drugs and the vigilante death squad when Duterte was Davao city mayor
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