Romer Butuyan 
“KUNG dating mambabatas ka, mas dapat alam mo na hindi pwedeng bastusin ang proseso kapag Saligang Batas na ang pinag-uusapan…”
Ito ang tigas na buwelta ni House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability chair at Manila Rep. Joel Chua sa patutsada ni Zamboanga City Mayor Khymer Olaso sa isinasagawang pagdinig ng House Committee on Justice sa impeachment complaints laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte.
“Hindi naman ito huntahan sa plaza, o sagutan ng mga tsismoso sa kanto. This is an impeachment proceeding. If Mayor Olaso wants to attack the process, then he should do so with law, with reason and with facts, not with language that cheapens the discussion and insults the public’s intelligence,” pahayag ng ranking House official.
“The problem with Olaso’s outburst is not merely tone, but the attempt to reduce a constitutional mechanism into a spectacle, as though the House were free to ignore complaints once they have been properly filed and referred to the committee tasked to hear them,” dugtong ni Chua, na aktibong miyembro ng Justice committee.
Giit ng Manila lawmaker, hindi kapritso o palabas lamang ang prosesong pinamamahalaan ng Justice committee bagkus ito’y pagganap sa mandatong nakasaad sa Saligang Batas,
“No mayor, no former lawmaker and no partisan voice can wish that duty away just because the process makes them uncomfortable,” patama pa ni Chua sa Zamboanga City mayor.
Hindi ito kalokohan. Ang kalokohan ay iyong minamaliit mo ang tungkulin ng Kongreso para lang makapuntos ka sa pulitika,” bulalas pa niya.
Ayon pa kay Chua, dapat magkaroon ng disiplina at gumamit ng tamang salita ang sinumang taga-gobyerno kung nais nitong talakayin ay ang impeachment process at sa kas oni Olaso, ang ginawa ng huli ay pangmamaliit at hindi paglatag ng tamang argumento.
“We will stay focused on the evidence, on due process and on the constitutional task before us. The House justice panel will not be thrown off course by cheap shots from the gallery. What will matter in the end is the record, the law and the truth,” garantiya ng kongresista.
“Nakapagpapansin naman na si Mayor Olaso kaya sana maintindihan na niya ang constitutional mandate ng House members ngayon kaya dinidinig natin ang impeachment.”
