Malacañang on Sunday welcomed the stand of Liberal Party lawmakers from the House of Representatives not to support the impeachment proceedings against President Rodrigo Duterte. “We welcome the Liberal Party’s position not to support any impeachment move against President Rodrigo Duterte, being the duly elected leader of our country with no less than 16 million Filipinos who voted for him. Any act to remove him from office is an attempt to subvert the people’s will,” Abella said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENT“In addition, any impeachment process would be counterproductive for the Philippines, which has been described to be the fastest growing in Southeast Asia. Robredo, meanwhile, is facing impeachment threats from Duterte’s allies for her controversial video message to a United Nations body about the administration’s antidrug campaign.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 23, 2017 04:52 UTC