Speaker Feliciano Belmonte on Tuesday said there was "zero" chance for impeachment moves against approaching President Rodrigo Duterte, and as illustrated talk that Vice President-elect Leni Robredo could profit by a dismissal arrangement as "waste."
"I don't know where the word impeachment originates from yet let's be honest, the odds of that is zero and no one will even consider it," Belmonte told columnists.
He additionally said Duterte ought to be "allowed to run the nation without discussing prosecution or anything like that being articulated by anyone of whatever political gathering."
"We ought to discuss certainty… and not raising fears here such that there is so much negativism. This is another organization. How about we think constructive as a people, as government officials, as everything. We should be sure. We should anticipate awesome accomplishments for our kin as opposed to discussing negative thoughts like to "reprimand". We'll be doing ourselves a major insult (in the event that we do that)," Belmonte said.
Belmonte conceded he had "been a piece of various prosecutions"— from that of previous President now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, the late Chief Justice Renato Corona, and the prematurely ended procedures against then Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.
In any case, Belmonte, leader of the Liberal Party (LP) alliance, said he doesn't see any explanation behind Duterte to feel or believe that there are moves to expel him from office.
To the topic of whether Robredo, the LP's hopeful, would remain to pick up from a Duterte prosecution, Belmonte answered: "Yan ang malaking kalokohan. Yan ang intriga na sinasabi ng mga tao… Yan ang number one intriga sa lahat. (That is junk. That is the controversy going around… the greatest controversy)."
