MANILA, Philippines—Lawyer Neri Colmenares sought a reversal of the House Committee on Justice's decision to dismiss the impeachment complaint that he and other people filed against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
"We ask that at least 1/3 of the members should give the people the opportunity to inquire how their public funds were spent, and vote for the reversal of the committee decision," Colmenares said in a statement on Thursday.
On Wednesday, thirty-nine lawmakers found the complaint, which was endorsed by the Makabayan bloc, insufficient in substance.
The committee will meet to vote on its report which will be sent to the plenary. Batangas 2nd District Rep. Gerville Luistro, a lawyer and the chairman of the committee, said on Wednesday that the committee report can still be reversed by at least one-third of all the members of the House of Representatives.