Philippines Kills Impeachment Complaint Against Rodrigo Duterte<br />"But it does raise the question: Is this development proof there can’t be any accountability for alleged wrongs in the Philippines?" Mr. Alejano<br />filed the impeachment complaint in March, accusing Mr. Duterte of orchestrating the mass murder of thousands of drug users and dealers.<br />By FELIPE VILLAMORMAY 15, 2017<br />MANILA — Lawmakers in the Philippines on Monday threw out an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte<br />that accused him of orchestrating the mass murder of thousands of people in his crackdown on drug use.<br />Last month a Filipino lawyer for two men who say they were paid assassins for Mr. Duterte when he was mayor of Davao City asked the court to charge Mr. Duterte<br />and 11 other Philippine officials with mass murder and crimes against humanity.<br />The majority leader, Rudy Fariñas, said that Congressman Gary Alejano, who initiated the complaint, had no "personal<br />knowledge" of the allegations, which he said were taken largely from news reports of the killings.<br />Romel Bagares, a human rights lawyer at the Center for International Law in Manila, said the House’s decision "shouldn’t really be a surprise" given<br />that a majority of the 292-member House supports the president.<br />House said that The president respects a coequal branch of government and does not interfere in the political exercise,
