Rep. Acidre Bakit ka parang Guilty? – Cong. Tiangco

Mawalang galang na sa iyo Tingog Party List Representative Jude Acidre, nakalimutan na yata niya na ilan sa mga pumirma sa first impeachment complaint ay umamin na kaya sila pumirma ay dahil hindi sila mabibigyan ng AICS, AKAP at TUPAD kung hindi nila ito gagawin.

Yung sinabi ko naman na kaya pinirmahan ang first impeachment ay dahil sa mga insertions ng infrastructure projects, proven na din yun. Hindi ba’t nakasuhan na si Zaldy Co at inirekomenda ng DPWH at ICI na samapahan ng kasong plunder si former Speaker Martin Romualdez?

Ngayon, kung ang tinutukoy nya ay ang second impeachment na tinatalakay ngayon, eh masyado naman syang guilty.

Sumagot lang naman ako when I was interviewed and asked if the DPWH projects that are marked “For Later Relese (FLR)” can be used as a carrot and stick.

Ang sagot ko was that we can only find out after the voting whether the FLR projects in the districts will be released, depending on their vote.

To be clear, I am not an ally of the Vice President. But unlike them, I am not scared of a Sara Duterte presidency because I can be accountable to any President. Hindi ko kailangang sumipsip sa kahit sinong Presidente. I can work with any President I agree with and oppose a President I don’t agree with.

My track record shows that I have opposed even the most popular Presidents. Eh sila? Hanggang ngayon hindi pa nila pinapaliwanag ang P5.96 billion insertion ng Tingog Partylist sa 2025 GAA. Baka kaya nanginginig sila sa takot sa posibilidad na maging Presidente si Sara. Posibilidad palang takot na takot na sila.

I also believe that there are groups that filed impeachment complaints out of principle like the Makabayan bloc, Akbayan, Cong. Leila de Lima, Cong. Chel Diokno, Kiko Dee.

However, the fact remains that some are hiding behind the impeachment complaint to escape scrutiny and their own accountability.

Most importantly, I call on my fellow legislators not to make a spectacle out of the impeachment proceedings. Let us not drag this on unnecessarily. Instead, let us expedite the proceedings and get it over with so that we can concentrate on the oil crisis we are currently facing as a nation. (Cesar Barquilla)