By Ronron
October 8, 2007
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronaldo Puno expressed confidence on Monday that the new impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will not prosper.
As the political adviser of Arroyo, Puno said the opposition are only very few in the Lower House, thereby shunning an opportunity for them to push the impeachment complaint lodged last Friday by Atty. Ruel Pulido, a former lawyer of the Magdalo soldiers.
“I think that any kind of impeachment action will not prosper. It’s a numbers game, and there are only 30 members of the opposition in the House so it’s a wishful thinking that they can break up the administration,” Puno said in a news conference at Camp Crame yesterday.
Pulido filed the complaint against Arroyo based on the alleged irregularities hounding the proposed National Broadband Network (NBN) project.
Without citing the merits of the case, Puno said the fresh complaint against Arroyo “will die a natural death.”
“I think this attempt of the opposition to try to impeach is a non-starter. It will not get anywhere,” he said.
Puno, a former Congressman of Antipolo City in Rizal, suggested that the members of Congress should just instead focus on “legislating,” citing the need to review many laws.
Asked if the complaint may spark unrest in the streets, Puno said: “I think the people are already fed up with rallies already so I doubt if there will be any.”
Meanwhile, Puno denied reports that Laguna Representative Edgar San Luis has links with Arroyo’s Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) political party, which Puno chairs.
It was San Luis who endorsed Pulido’s impeachment complaint.
“He has never been and is not a member of KAMPI,” Puno said of San Luis./DMS
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