FINAL REPORT - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Right now, the venue where we can demand answers, testimonies
and evidence from all parties is the impeachment trial, the only
constitutional process available and acceptable to many to ferret
out the truth. What happens when the House Committee on
Justice votes to consider only the original Lozano complaint and
subsequently acts to throw it out on a technicality? What do we do
next?” (emphasis supplied)
-- the House Justice Committee hearings on the impeachment complaints
continued, with the motion of Rep. Lagman that his “7 prejudicial
questions” be tackled first before the Committee tackles sufficiency of
form/substance being carried, with 54 votes in favor, 24 votes against,
and 3 abstentions
-- TV Patrol featured news to the effect that five Representatives have
decided to sign the Amended Impeachment Complaint, namely,
Reps. Edmundo Reyes, Dudut Jaworski, Ace Barbers, Renato
Magtubo, and Gilbert Remulla
September 4, 2005 – the Department of Foreign Affairs received the note verbale
of the Singapore government attesting to the arrival of Garcillano in
Singapore on July 14, 2005 and departure for London on July 15, 2005
but did not immediately transmit the information to the House of
Representatives Committees investigating the Garci Tapes controversy
despite their earlier issuance of a warrant of arrest for Garcillano
September 5-6, 2005 – the House of Representatives ruled that the Lozano
impeachment complaint was filed prior to and therefore bars the Lopez
and the Amended Impeachment Complaints from being officially acted
upon by the House, on the basis of the constitutional prohibition against the
filing of more than one impeachment proceeding within a year; thereafter, the
House dismissed the Lozano impeachment complaint on the ground of
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-- In his privilege speech, Rep. Remulla revealed facts showing the
underhanded escape of Garcillano from the country through
conspiratorial acts among agencies of government (discovered by
him through his own high-level contacts in the diplomatic
community and foreign services), despite the contempt citation and
warrant of arrest against him by the House, as follows:
“1. Mr. Garcillano arrived in Singapore on board a Lear jet of the
Subic International Air Charter, Inc. on July 14, 2005.
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According to the House Journal, “With 158 affirmative votes, 51 negative votes and 6 abstentions, the House
approved Committee Report No. 1012 on House Resolution No. 933 submitted by the Committee on Justice,
pertaining to the dismissal of the impeachment complaints against President Macapagal-Arroyo.”
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