It is not yet over… its just a temporary setback.
Following yesterday’s dismissal of the Committee on Justice
of the impeachment complaint against Commission on Elections (COMELEC) chair
Andres Bautista, Patricia Bautista remains undeterred. She considers this situation not a defeat but just a
temporary setback.
Last month the estranged couple hugged the headlines when
Patricia alleged that her husband has amassed more than P1 billion ill-gotten
wealth. *
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| Patricia Bautista and her lawyer Lorna Kapunan ( photo credit to owner) |
“I would just like to say that we remain undeterred. This is
just the start, we believe in the system and in the goodness of the people and
in their good sense. So at the end of the day, we trust in what will be and
this is a bump and go,” she told reporters.
Patricia has accepted the decision of the House committee on
justice to dismiss the impeachment complaint against her husband for
insufficiency in form.
“It is what it is. I would like to think that the Filipino
people are smarter than what they would like us to think,” Patricia Bautista
said.
She said that she will explore other avenues in the
pursuance of her allegations against COMELEC chair Andy Bautista, her estranged
husband.
By virtue of the dismissal of the impeachment complaint, the
COMELEC chair is insulated for one year, meaning no subsequent impeachment
complaint can be filed within the year form the dismissal of the 1st
impeachment complaint.
COMELEC chairman Bautista has denied all the allegations
raised by his estranged wife against him.
Patricia said she would not wait for the one-year period to expire to
find out the truth about her husband’s alleged ill-gotten wealth. *
“One year is a very long time. I think that light can come in many
different forms and there are many different venues for light to be shed on
this matter. So we will look for those venues as well,” she said.
Patricia’s lawyer Lorna Kapunan echoed her client’s statement that the
impeachment complaint’s dismissal is a temporary setback for them.
“This is temporary, we live to fight another day,” she said.
Report from Philstar
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