Press Release
January 13, 2006

BETTER TO STEP UP PRESSURE FOR GMAS RESIGNATION
THAN FILE NEW IMPEACHMENT CASE

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today expressed reservation over the plan of opposition congressmen to file a new impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as he anticipated a reprise of her counter-moves that killed the first attempt to impeach her last year.

Pimentel said it would be very difficult to impeach the President if the administration congressmen, who control the House of Representatives, will not shed off the despicable practice of voting on the impeachment complaint on the basis of their partisan loyalties, rather than on the merits or gravity of the charges lodged against the President.

I can foresee another round of buying by Gloria of the congressmen who can be bought, he said.

The lone senator from Mindanao said it may be better strategy for all anti-Arroyo groups to step up the pressures on President Arroyo to persuade her to resign.

Should Mrs. Arroyo resign, Senate Franklin Drilon will act as interim president until a permanent successor is elected in a special election.

Pimentel was reacting to the statement of House Minority Leader Francis Escudero that the minority congressmen are reading another impeachment case against the President, having gathered testimonial and documentary evidences for the case.

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