| Opposition members of Congress, Representatives Riza Hontiveros-Baraquel, left, and Loretta Anne Rosales, center, and Mario Aguha, right, hold lit candles and placards in anticipation for the members of the majority to quashed the impeachment bid against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Wednesday evening at the House of Representatives. (AP photo) |
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MANILA (Updated 10:00 a.m.) -- Lawmakers overwhelmingly crushed the latest impeachment bid against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Thursday after a marathon overnight session, although her opponents vowed not to abandon efforts to oust her.
By a vote of 173 to 32 with one abstention, the House plenary adopted the House justice committee report junking the impeachment complaint for being insufficient in substance. That blocked a potentially explosive trial in the Senate, an opposition stronghold, on allegations of vote-rigging, corruption, human rights abuses and violations of the Constitution.
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