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Adiong believes 3rd impeachment rap vs Marcos didn't have any endorsers

Published Jan 29, 2026 02:54 pm

At A Glance

  • The sheer lack of a congressman-endorser--not underhanded tactics from the House of Representatives--prevented the third impeachment complaint against President Marcos from being officially filed.
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)


The sheer lack of a congressman-endorser--not underhanded tactics from the House of Representatives--prevented the third impeachment complaint against President Marcos from being officially filed.
Thus, said House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, in response to comments made by lawyer Ferdie Topacio and former Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor.
“The problem is straightforward: there is no House member endorser. Without an endorser, the complaint cannot move. That is what the rules clearly provide,” Adiong said on Thursday, Jan. 29.
Topacio, Defensor, and several other high-profile Marcos administration critics attempted to file an impeachment complaint against Marcos last Jan. 22 at the House of Representatives. They claimed that they weren't able to do so due to the absence of House Secretary General Cheloy Garafil.
Their group had the option to refile the document the following Monday, Jan. 26, after Garafil had come back from her official trip abroad. However, they chose not to.
All this time, they've elected not to reveal their supposed solon-endorsers for fear that they might get harassed or intimidated.
But Adiong believes that they simply don't have any endorsers to flaunt. Without at least one endorser from the House, an impeachment complaint is just a scrap of paper.
“Naniniwala akong walang pumipigil sa kanila. Kung gusto talaga nilang umusad ang impeachment complaint nila (I believe that nobody is stopping them. If they really want their impeachment complaint to move forward), the rule is very simple: they need a House member to endorse it.”
Adiong emphasized that the matter neither touches on the merits of any complaint, nor involves alleged interference by any official. Instead, it rests solely on compliance with constitutional and House requirements, he said.
“This is not about being stopped or blocked,” Adiong said. “It’s about meeting a basic requirement. The absence of an endorser is the main issue.”
Adiong said these rules are long established and intended to ensure order and fairness in the impeachment process.
“Hindi puwedeng baguhin ang proseso at saka magrereklamo na may humaharang (The process cannot be changed and then complain that someone is blocking). The rules are clear, and they apply to everyone,” he said.
Last Monday, the two verified and endorsed impeachment complaints against President Marcos, separately filed on Jan. 19 and 26, were referred to the Committee on Justice. This signalled the initiation of the impeachment proceedings against the Chief Executive.
No further complaint against Marcos can be accommodated.
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