HOUSE Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Friday threatened to file an impeachment complaint against Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo for undermining the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte before the international community. An impeachment complaint needs an endorser from the ranks of House members for it to become a verified impeachment complaint. Earlier on Friday, Alvarez accused Robredo of seeking to impeach the President, claiming the Vice President was raring to oust Duterte. “What the Speaker said is false, and the Vice President and the public knows that. ‘Pathetic stateof affairs’Malacañang on Friday also linked Robredo to the impeachment complaint filed against President Duterte, which it said was part of an attempt to destabilize the government.

Source: Manila Times March 17, 2017 16:30 UTC