Opposition Bid to Impeach Marcos Fails
President Ferdinand E. Marcos beat an attempt to impeach him today when a parliamentary committee dominated by his New Society Movement rejected a resolution accusing him of graft, high crimes and abuse of office.
The Committee on Justice, Human Rights and Good Government rejected the opposition resolution for lack of merit.
Marcos’ party, using its large majority in the 183-member National Assembly, had referred the issue to the committee after opposition members formally filed the resolution calling for the president’s impeachment.
Opposition members of the committee walked out declaring the proceedings “a useless farce.”
The resolution and committee report will go back to the assembly for formal rejection, although the opposition might try to revive it.
The resolution had accused Marcos, among other things, of “amassing an enormous fortune (by) plundering the nation’s wealth” and of violating the constitution. It also cited the alleged purchase of property abroad by Marcos’ wife, Imelda.
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