KIKO HITS PULIDO'S IMPEACHMENT CASE VS. PGMA
"Hindi tayo papayag sa ganitong maneobra!"

Senate Majority Leader Kiko Pangilinan today dismissed insinuations that Senate must stop its hearings in aid of legislation on the controversial NBN ZTE deal after Atty. Roel Pulido filed an impeachment complaint in the House of Representatives last Friday.

" Para matigil ang pagsisiyasat sa Senado, ang kailangan lang palang gawin ng kahit sino ay magsampa ng kaso sa House of Representatives, may saysay man o wala ang reklamo. Hindi tayo papayag sa ganitong maneobra. Dapat na ituloy ang hearing sa Senado.

Opposition lawmakers believe the impeachment case filed by Pulido and endorsed by administration ally Rep. Edgar San Luis of Laguna is meant to insulate the President from a more serious impeachment complaint, as no two impeachment complaints may be heard within the same year.

"Hindi automatic ang pagtigil ng hearing sa Senado. May ilang mga punto na kailangang siyasatin in aid of legislation kung kaya't hindi komo may nakasampa na ng impeachment case eh kailangan nang itigil ang imbestigasyon."