BY RUBEN D. MANAHAN, Manila Times
SPEAKER Feliciano Belmonte Jr., when asked to comment on Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez’s supposed plan to ignore Tuesday’s scheduled congressional hearing on impeachment complaints seeking to remove her as the country’s chief graftbuster, said that Gutierrez can ignore the impeachment process if she so wishes.“I will not urge her to submit herself to the process, bahala siya sa defense niya [It’s up to her on how she would defend herself from the complaints],” Belmonte told reporters in a text message on Sunday.
