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'Second half na kasi': Adiong downplays Marcos impeachment rumors

Published Jan 13, 2026 10:13 am

At A Glance

  • House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong downplayed rumors of a possible impeachment complaint against President Marcos, as he said that "political noise" usually gets louder whenever an administration reaches the second half of its six-year term.
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left), Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Facebook, PPAB)
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left), Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Facebook, PPAB)


House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong downplayed rumors of a possible impeachment complaint against President Marcos, as he said that "political noise" usually gets louder whenever an administration reaches the second part of its six-year term.
“We’ve already reached the half term of this current administration. Normally what we experienced in the past is that during the last three years of the current administration, political noise actually started to take over public discourse,” Adiong said.
President Marcos will step down on June 30, 2028. He became Chief Executive on the strength of a record-breaking 31 million votes in May 2022.
Adiong says the timing of the impeachment talk is telling, noting that the administration has entered its second half, when political noise has historically intensified.
The Mindanaoan was referring to claims made by Senior Deputy Minority Leader Caloocan City 2nd district Rep. Edgar "Egay" Erice, who said at least two House members were expected to endorse an impeachment complaint--possibly against President Marcos--in the coming days.
Erice only cited personal sources and did not identify the two endorsers.
“Well, as far as I know, I haven’t heard of any sector or any individual who would want to file an impeachment complaint against the President,” said Adiong, a Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) stalwart.
Also, Adiong said that while the filing of an impeachment is own thing, "having the support for that impeachment complaint is another".
He stressed that Congress will not act on speculation or partisan pressure.
“The House of Representatives will also want to have a solid grounds and evidence, factual evidence, as to why they need to support this,” said Adiong.
He also cited the possibility that the impeachment talk could just be a convenient diversion.
“If you ask me, this could probably be one of the things that may be indication of a partisan or politically motivated move in order to slow down any attempt of this current administration to run after, for example, those who have been named and those who are being charged with corruption in relation to the current situation that we’re facing right now: flood control mess, mismanagement of public funds,” Adiong said.
“In order to at least try to evade probably or to segue the attention to another angle, I think this is one of the tactics and strategy to slow down the effort of this current administration to run after the corrupt officials whose names were implicated in this mess,” he stressed.
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