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Robredo camp slams 'baseless, irresponsible' impeachment threat

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/03/19/031917_leni.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Vice President Leni Robredo speaks during ABS-CBN&#x27;s Halalan 2016 special &quot;Harapan ng Bise&quot; last April. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday reproached House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez for what they dubbed as &quot;baseless and irresponsible&quot; threats to impeach the country&#x27;s second highest official.</p><p>&quot;Sa aming pagkakaunawa, wala talagang basehan ang kanyang mga pananakot. Napaka-iresponsable na magbitaw siya ng mga ganitong salita gayong wala namang sapat na basehan,&quot; Robredo&#x27;s spokesperson, Georgina Hernandez said in an interview with radio DZMM.</p><p>(From what we understand, there is no basis whatsoever for his threats. Issuing such statements was very irresponsible as these had no basis.)</p><p>&quot;Natatakot din sila na kung may magsasalitang hindi nila nagugustuhan ay pilit nilang pinatatahimik. Hindi naman po yata iyun tama,&quot; she added.</p><p>(They are afraid of dissent so they try to silence detractors. That does not seem right.)</p><p>Alvarez, in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel, said Robredo <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/17/17/alvarez-mulls-impeachment-rap-vs-robredo"><strong>may be ousted</strong></a> from office for allegedly betraying public trust when she sent a video message to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, where she criticized the government&#x27;s war on drugs.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/14/17/robredo-reveals-palit-ulo-scheme-in-war-on-drugs">Robredo reveals &#x27;palit-ulo&#x27; scheme in war on drugs</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1455713" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>Hernandez, however, said Robredo did not seek to humiliate the administration but renew instead the country&#x27;s commitment to addressing alleged human rights violations in the anti-narcotics crackdown.</p><p>&quot;Ito ay may malinaw na panawagan at hindi naninira -- isang commitment ito at pagbibigay rin ng assurance sa kanila na kinikilala natin na ito ang ating sitwasyon ngayon at may gagawin tayo para masolusyunan po ito.&quot;</p><p>(This is a clear appeal and not a defamation -- this is a commitment and assurance to the international community that we acknowledge the current situation and that we will do something to address it.)</p><p>Robredo&#x27;s spokesperson also shot down <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/17/17/palace-says-robredo-being-used-in-destabilization-plot-vs-duterte"><strong>Malacañang&#x27;s claim</strong></a> that the Vice President is being used by the people behind an alleged destabilization plot against President Rodrigo Duterte.</p><p>&quot;Nagtataka rin kami kung bakit pilit na sinasabi ng mga nakapaligid sa Pangulo na may destabilization plot kung mismong AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) ang nagsasabi na wala. E &#x27;di ba doon naman talaga nanggagaling ang mga impormasyon na iyan?&quot; Hernandez pointed out.</p><p>(We are also puzzled about why those around the President keep insisting that there is a destabilization plot even after the AFP said there is none. Isn&#x27;t AFP the source of such information?)</p>

<p>The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday reproached House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez for what they dubbed as "baseless and irresponsible" threats to impeach the country's second highest official.</p>

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday reproached House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez for what they dubbed as "baseless and irresponsible" threats to impeach the country's second highest official.