Rizal, Philippines | August 26, 2014
From GMA news; the vote was 53-1-1
Right after the celebration of National Heroes day, we seem to be having National Villains day. No less than the Office of the President Pnoy and Vice President Jejomar Binay seem to be under heavy fire and and are in hot waters.
The committee on justice in the House voted that there is substance in form and content in the impeachment complaint filed vs Pres Pnoy at the House despite vigorous objections from LP allies in the house
From GMA network news - house committee finds 3 impeachment complaint sufficient in form. The committee is headed by Cong Neil Tupas, an LP ally of the president
Repost from Philstar
On the other hand, VP Binay's son and aides are being grilled by committee headed by Sen Trillanes for plunder, overpricing of the Makati Municipal Hall by almost P2 billion. On hand to testify vs the good former Mayor of Makati was his former Vice Mayor Mercado, who alleges that the former mayor may have benefitted from the transactions. He was quick to point out that he had nothing to do with development permits and certificates of occupancy (there were allegations that this was area of graft too in Makati - as much as one floor for COC issuance)
The defense could not still give a clear answer why there is a huge - billions of pesos price differential. The contractor Robert Henson of Hillmarc could only surmise that the govt procurement for building construction is all inclusive whereas the private owners are not. However the OSMAK hospital equipment were clearly overpriced
No one among the Makati departments or engineers could explain the huge differential in the Building Maintenance contract which shot up from P75.00 million to over a hundred million.
The charges are serious and it is hoped that both top officials of the land can still function well despite these serious charges.
