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Sufficiency in Substance

Section 4 of Rule III of the House Rules on Impeachment provides: “The requirement of substance is met if there is a recital of facts constituting the offense charged and determinative of the jurisdiction of the committee.” Consequently, the finding of sufficiency in substance is confined and limited to the allegations in the complaint.

Under the foregoing standard, the herein impeachment complaints are sufficient in substance because there are recital of facts constituting the offenses charged of culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust. 

Filed today by Reps. Lagman, Daza, Villarin, Baguilat, Alejano, Erice, Billones, Quimbo, Bordado, Banal, Belmonte, Zarate, Brosas, Castro, Casilao, and Elago

JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF THE INCREASES AND SCHEDULED INCREASES IN THE EXCISE TAXES ON FUEL AS IMPOSED IN SECTION 43 OF R.A. NO. 10963, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION (TRAIN)” TO STEM INFLATION

Introduced by Reps. Edcel C. Lagman, Raul A. Daza, Tomasito S. Villarin, Emmanuel A. Billiones, Gary C. Alejano, and Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr.

Additional Co-Authors:

  1. Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte
  2. Rep. France Castro
  3. Rep. Carlos Zarate
  4. Rep. Ariel Casilao
  5. Rep. Arlene Brosas
  6. Rep. Sarah Elago

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE COLLECTIVE SENTIMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DENOUNCING THE BASELESS, UNLAWFUL, AND IMPROVIDENT REVOCATION OF THE GRANT OF AMNESTY TO SENATOR ANTONIO TRILLANES IV UNDER PROCLAMATION NO. 572 ISSUED BY PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE, ENTITLED "REVOCATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AD HOC COMMITTEE RESOLUTION NO. 2 (#1) DATED JANUARY 31, 2011 INSOFAR AS IT GRANTED AMNESTY TO FORMER LTSG ANTONIO TRILLANES IV" AND URGING THE IMMEDIATE RECALL OF THE SAID PROCLAMATION.

(by Rep. Edcel C. Lagman during the initial consideration of the impeachment cases against 7 Supreme Court Justices by the House Committee on Justice on 04 September 2018)

We have filed these impeachment complaints for the following overriding reasons:

HONORABLE DOY C. LEACHON
Chairman, Committee on Justice
House of Representatives
Batasan Complex, Quezon City

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THE HONORABLE MEMBERS
Committee on Justice

 

G R E E T I N G S :

 

In connection with the scheduled hearing on 04 September 2018 regarding the impeachment complaints which the undersigned have filed against Associate Justices Teresita de Castro (now Chief Justice), Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes, Francis Jardeleza, Noel Tijam, and Alexander Gesmundo, may we respectfully convey the following submission on the sufficiency in form and substance of the subject impeachment complaints;