Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano said on Saturday his lawyers were looking at filing a supplemental complaint to boost the impeachment case he earlier filed against President Rodrigo Duterte, to possibly include China’s planned infrastructure buildup on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and its recent incursion on Benham Rise. “If he has nothing to hide, it should be properly communicated to his team, to his Cabinet and to the Filipino people. It will never happen and will not even reach the first base,” Macalintal said in a statement. Alejano filed the complaint on Thursday, claiming that Mr. Duterte was responsible for the deaths of 8,000 drug offenders, of amassing some P2.2 billion in unexplained wealth and of committing other high crimes. But with 260 representatives supporting the President, only 42 solons are left to support the impeachment moves.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 18, 2017 16:18 UTC