Saying there's simply no reason for it, two ranking solons shrugged off rumors of a possible impeachment complaint against President Marcos in the ongoing 20th Congress.

According to House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Committee on Higher and Technical Education Chairman Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acide, there is still no complaint on the table, no facts to weigh, and no clear basis to justify such a serious proceeding under the tighter rules now governing the impeachment process.

“Dadagdagan ko lang po kasi rumor (I reiterate that it's a rumor). This actually circulated not only among the mainstream media but even in social media,” Adiong, a stalwart of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD), said in a joint statement over the weekend.

“Unang-una, hindi natin alam kung sino ‘yung talagang gustong mag-file. Kaya nga very, very vague, shapeless, formless yung mga ganitong klaseng pag-uusap (First of all, we don’t know who really intends to file. That’s why these kinds of discussions are very, very vague—shapeless, formless)," he noted.

Adiong says that no one or no group is really coming forward to say that they will file an impeachment complaint against President Marcos and on what grounds.

“So it’s really hard. It’s formless, it’s shapeless and we do not even know what actually prompted these possible groups or individuals to even file,” he continued.

“We do not even know kung ano ang puwede nilang i-attribute (what they can atribute) directly to the President that amounts to an impeachable offense,” Adiong said.

Acidre agreed, and said that there was simply no incident that could warrant the Chief Executive's impeachment.

“Right now, there is no incident. There is no basis, to say the least, for the impeachment of the President. And until such an impeachment complaint would be filed and on what basis, then we can take a stand on the matter,” he said.

“As a third person observer, no I don’t think there’s any reason, unlike the previous impeachment of the Vice President where it was preceded by a series of investigations that at a certain point, it became clear to us that it was the logical and principal consequence of all the investigations that we’ve done,” Acidre added.

The party-list solon reckoned that it would be difficult for any House member to comment on supposed rumors of impeachment. As such, it would not be fair to the people and to the institution they represent to comment on something that’s not there.

"What I can say with certainty is that when the opportunity comes, we will have to look into the merits of the case and we will have to act according to our mandate," Acidre said.

"But for now, there is no case. And we will not be in a position to say, at the very least, what possible impeachable offenses would be presented,” he said.

On Friday, Deputy Speaker Antipolo City 1st district Rep. Ronaldo Puno, National Unity Party (NUP) chairman, said their party rejected any move to impeach President Marcos with party leaders saying they see no constitutional or factual grounds to support such a complaint.

Asked if he thinks an impeachment push could even reach the numbers needed in the House, Acidre says that the math alone would be an uphill battle given where the majority stands.

“It will be a challenge. I’ll have to be honest with you, considering that a majority of the members [of the House] are strongly behind the President, sa tingin ko (I think) any impeachment, in the end sabi mo nga (as you said) it’s a question of mathematics, would have its own challenges,” Acidre said.