MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 2) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's political adviser predicted Friday that the House of Representatives will junk new impeachment complaints with ?dispatch? and ?judiciousness? out of "concern for the national interest."

Presidential Adviser Gabriel Claudio said the case will not prosper because the complaint "is bereft of any legal grounds" as the President cannot be held legally liable for any of the issues raised, and the proximity of the 2010 polls and the current global financial turmoil.

"[All these] make such a move look absolutely unnecessary, distractive and destructive," he said in a statement, adding that the public would prefer to wait for the 2010 elections to change the national leaderhsip.

Presidential spokesman Jesus Dureza dismissed the new complaint as the product of the "twisted imagination" of lawyer Harry Roque.

Roque said the impeachment complaints would be filed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

He also slammed businessman Jose "Joey" De Venecia III, the son of the former House Speaker and the original whistleblower in the scandal-tainted national broadband network (NBN) deal, who is among the impeachment complainants.

"As for the young De Venecia, we pity him for seemingly launching his political career on an unabashed 'trapo [traditional politician]' platform,? Dureza said.

Earlier, Deputy presidential spokesman Anthony Golez urged the administration?s critics to help resolve the global financial crunch instead of politicking while in the House, Speaker Prospero Nograles said the new complaints come as no surprise since administration critics file cases every year.

The law sets a one-year moratorium in between impeachment complaints.

"Time and events have proven?that those critics of the administration and the President have been throwing empty accusations for personal interests," said Golez in a text message to reporters.

"The world is now preoccupied with issues pertaining to the worst global economic crisis being experienced now and how the different governments and [their] citizens can help contribute to their countries. Here in our country, critics are still busy politicking," he said.

"Impeachment is filed by them [Arroyo critics] every year. [It is] not surprising to us anymore," Nograles said when sought for a reaction to the new complaint.

Nograles said the House will act on the complaint based on existing rules. "It will go through the same procedural and political process, and we will attend to it with dispatch," he added.

An impeachment complaint is filed at the Office of the House Secretary General, which then transmits it to the Office of the Speaker.

Under House rules, the Speaker has 10 session days to forward it to the rules committee to schedule for plenary.

From the floor, the complaint will be referred to the House justice committee, which has 60 session days to determine whether it is sufficient in form and substance.

After the determination of form and substance, the committee report will be submitted on the floor for either adoption or rejection.

The complaint will only reach the Senate for trial if it gets the vote of one-third of the total membership of the House.