House won’t impeach COA chief – SB

he ouse of epresentatives has no plan whatso ever to initiate an impeachment process against om mission on udit hairman race ulido an.

here is absolutely no truth to speculations that the ouse wants to impeach the chief,” peaker eliciano Belmonte r. said yesterday.

e was commenting on reports uoting an herself that she has been receiving te t messages threatening her with impeachment.

he said she was not worried about the threats. I am saddened that they might again use government money to get back at me. If they have real issues, fine,” she said.

he has come out with a report of more than pages on the use of riority evelopment ssistance und allocations of senators and congressmen between and .

estern amar ep. el enen armiento, sec retary general of the ruling iberal arty, admitted there are many lawmakers who are angry over what they consider glaring errors in s audit on from to .

But I don t think they re large enough to impeach. I don t think such move will prosper,” armiento said. nd I have not received any information to that effect.”

avite ep. lpidio Barzaga r., an administration stalwart, also said many ouse members, including those who had nothing to do with the alleged pork barrel scam, were ve ed over an s dramatic dis closure on ” of the results of the audit because it tarnished the image of the chamber.

I don t see any grounds for impeaching her. es, many are angry at her because it has damaged the im age of the ouse when only a few are accused in the alleged scam,” Barzaga said in a telephone interview.

If there are constitutional violations or errors, then we must identify the charges against her if there are any,” he said.

e must instead e press our appreciation to her for having the guts and courage to conduct the audit and make public its results,” he said.

he lawmaker said an s critics and her supporters should e pect her to release soon the results of the audit of agencies in the udiciary and the e ecutive branch under the present administration.

Barzaga warned that filing an impeachment complaint against the chief was dangerous” as it could have a chilling effect on the work of the audit agency.