The final nail in the coffin....

Image hosted by Photobucket.comAfter 23 and a half hours of nominal voting, the House of Representatives in plenary session have voted to accept the House Justice Committee's report on the three impeachment complaints filed against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. With the acceptance of the report, the impeachment complaints were, in effect, dismissed with finality.

158 members voted for the report, 51 voted against it, and 6 abstained.

The impeachment complaints have already been effectively rendered lifeless a week ago as a result of the Justice Committee's report (see post here). Today, it took 158 votes to finally nail the coffin shut.

With this turn of events, it would seem that efforts to uncover the truth behind the allegations against the President have taken a turn for the worse. Those in search of the truth can either wait until next year, when a new impeachment complaint can be filed, or take to the streets. And at this moment, some have actually started opting for the latter.

Somehow, I don't think we've seen or heard the last of this issue.

"So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause."

- Padme Amidala

Links:

House throws out impeach complaint

Comments

rain said…
and so we're doomed...
September 06, 2005 5:15 PM
Ronald Allan said…
Masyado mo naman dinamdam. Sige na nga papainom na ako. :-)

But I tend to agree...
September 07, 2005 6:47 PM
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