Palace brushes off impeach rap filed by Lozano

MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang is unfazed by the impeachment complaint filed by a known Marcos loyalist against President Benigno Aquino for the latter’s refusal to provide state honors for the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

“The complaint is utterly baseless. Nothing further,” was the terse statement sent to reporters by deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte on the impeachment case filed by Oliver Lozano against Aquino.

Lozano the other day filed the complaint against Aquino before Congress, accusing the Chief Executive of betraying the public trust for refusing state honors for Marcos, who died in 1989.

Over a week ago,  Aquino told the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines that he would not sanction a hero’s burial for Marcos because doing so would be an injustice to the thousands of rights victims, and disrespect for those buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. This came months after Vice President Jejomar Binay’s recommendation that Marcos be buried in his hometown, Batac, Ilocos Norte, with military honors