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Article: JdV refers 6 impeach complaints to House Justice Committee.(Main News)
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- July 26, 2006
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Byline: BEN R. ROSARIO
On the first working day of the last session of the 13th Congress yesterday, Speaker Jose de Venecia referred to the Committee on Justice of the House of Representatives the six impeachment cases filed against President Arroyo.
"Let it not be said that the Speaker of the House did not transmit one day after the opening of Congress the six impeachment complaints against the President of the Republic," De Venecia said.
He said he had received a notice that a seventh complaint will be filed by Arroyo critics today.
Actually, the Constitution entitles the Speaker 10 session days to transmit the complaints to the ...