PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called for a stop to plans to impeach Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo for criticizing his administration’s war against illegal drugs before a United Nations (UN) meeting. Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and a group of lawyers, however, were undeterred, and vowed to continue building up an impeachment complaint against Robredo. “I am still studying [the possibility of filing an impeachment complaint against Robredo]. ‘Impeach Leni Team’Despite Duterte’s appeal to stop any move to oust Robredo, a group of lawyers on Thursday vowed to submit an impeachment complaint against the Vice President. The Vice President shared Duterte’s sentiments that an impeachment process won’t be good for the country.

Source: Manila Times March 23, 2017 17:01 UTC