"Everything will move on Monday," House secretary-general Reginald Velasco said in Filipino during an interview with "Storycon" on One News yesterday. "By next week, I will have to decide on it."
Under House rules, the House secretary-general must immediately transmit to the Office of the Speaker all impeachment complaints filed in his office.
Velasco said he held off transmitting the three complaints filed against Duterte last month after some lawmakers asked for time to either review the complaints or file a fourth one.
"By next week, I will talk to these congressmen about their plans so I can decide," added Velasco.
Aside from the possible fourth complaint, Velasco said he is also waiting for the possible filing of the consolidated version of the first three complaints. He said he was informed by the Makabayan bloc, which endorsed one of the three complaints, of the plan to submit a consolidated impeachment complaint against Duterte.
Makabayan lawmakers reportedly met with the other complainants on Wednesday to discuss their plan. The two other complaints were endorsed by Akbayan party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña and Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Gabriel Bordado.
According to Velasco, once the complaints are transmitted to the Office of House Speaker, Speaker Martin Romualdez will decide on whether he will transmit one or all of the complaints to the committee on rules.
The committee on rules will then transmit the complaints to the committee on justice, which has 60 session days to act on the matter.
This story is from the January 10, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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