Anti-Impeachment Payola

Gloria allies line up for P.5M impeach kill prize

Daily Tribune By Charlie V. Manalo and Gerry Baldo
11/26/2008
It’s a cool P500,000 for each of the congressional allies of President Arroyo in exchange for their killing of the impeachment complaint that will be voted upon today at the justice committee, as congressmen found out for themselves yesterday while P500,000 in bundles of P1,000 and P500 bills was being distributed by a Palace ally at the Linden Suites yesterday.
“It’s all over. The congressmen have been paid again — for ‘a job well done’ for Gloria Arroyo,” an opposition congressman who knew about the Linden Suites payoff by Malacañang tipped off the Tribune late afternoon yesterday.
Several congressmen were seen at the Linden Suites, witnesses also confirmed to the Tribune.
But Malacañang, despite the payoffs to congressmen-allies to kill the impeachment complaint, played innocent, as the Palace yesterday challenged the House to resume the hearing on the impeachment case.