ni Mylene Alfonso @News | June 5, 2025
File Photo: Atty. Howard Calleja at Sen. Chiz Escudero - FB
“'Anyare Chiz Escudero? Dapat nga protektor ka ng batas hindi protektor ng massive corruption!” Ito ang tahasang sinabi ni Atty. Howard Calleja kasunod ng pagtuligsa nito kay Senate President Francis 'Chiz' Escudero matapos akusahang masyado nang hinaharang sa loob ng apat na buwan ang impeachment trial laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte.
Matatandaang noong Pebrero 5 ay isinumite sa Senado ang reklamo laban kay Duterte at isang oras matapos na matanggap ito ng Senado ay in-adjourned ni Escudero ang sesyon na imbes na magwawakas pa sa Pebrero 7 ng taong kasalukuyan.
“From February 5 to June 5, dapat tapos na ang impeachment. Pero ang daming kesyo ni Chiz all of them lies and legal palusot because he wants the midterm elections to deliver more pro-Sara senators who will acquit her," ani Calleja.
“Now that the pro-Sara senators had been elected, Chiz wants to make sure it is the new 20th Congress, not the present 19th Congress, that will try Sara. Chiz has been protecting Sara all along and making sure she will not be made to account for the hundreds of millions of confidential funds she has stolen from the people, from the masa, from the taxpayers, from the voters,” dagdag ni Calleja.
"Chiz, in trying to protect Sara, is protecting corruption. He doesn't care about the people but only about himself and the votes he could get in 2028 from the Duterte camp at the very least," giit pa ni Calleja.
Nahaharap sa akusasyon si VP Sara na umano'y tumangay ng P600 milyong confidential funds at paggamit ng mga pekeng pangalan bilang recipients.