He has, therefore, reportedly given the go-ahead for the filing of an impeachment complaint against the former SC associate justice. Betraying the public trustThe recently ubiquitous Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) is reportedly poised to file the impeachment complaint, citing betrayal of public trust on several counts. One year later, B. S. Aquino announced Morales’s appointment as Ombudsman during his State of the Nation Address. The real combat will be fought between DU30 and Aquino’s forces after Carpio Morales will have been removed—if indeed she is removed—and a new Ombudsman installed. She could, for one, cause a defective impeachment complaint to be filed against her before anybody else does.

Source: Manila Times March 14, 2017 16:18 UTC