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'Parang wala kaming nakikita': Puno says NUP sees no grounds to impeach Marcos

Agatha Gregorio

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1768547265086176811667486820260105-marcos-gaa-signing-PPA45.webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signs the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 at the Ceremonial Hall of Malacañang on Monday, January 5, 2026. Yummie Dingding, PPA Pool   "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signs the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 at the Ceremonial Hall of Malacañang on Monday, January 5, 2026. <em>Yummie Dingding, PPA Pool   </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — House Deputy Speaker Ronaldo Puno of Antipolo said he does not believe potential efforts to impeach President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will prosper, adding he sees no grounds to file a case.</p><p>Puno also stressed the National Unity Party will likely not support any impeachment case.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/14/can-congress-tackle-possible-twin-impeachment-of-marcos-duterte-lawyers-weigh-in-1327">Can Congress tackle the possible impeachment of Marcos and Duterte? Lawyers weigh in</a></div><p>“That&#x27;s why I&#x27;m already saying our party, you know, I&#x27;m almost sure, 100 percent, we are not going to be for it kasi Number One, wala naman kaming nakikita. And even when we started analyzing– we&#x27;re trying to think, okay so what grounds can they put for impeachment case? Is there a culpable violation of the constitution? Is there any of those things? Parang wala kaming nakikita,” Puno told reporters in an online interview.</p><p>NUP is in the House majority and has historically supported the administration since it was formed in 2010.</p><p>House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Edgar Erice of Caloocan City earlier said Marcos could face an impeachment complaint. He said “leaders” of several groups had invited him to endorse one.</p><p>Among the grounds mentioned is betrayal of public trust.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/1/11/marcos-jr-may-face-impeachment-complaint-over-betrayal-of-public-trust-erice-1534">Marcos Jr. may face impeachment complaint over &#x27;betrayal of public trust&#x27; – Erice</a></div><div> </div><div><strong>‘NO MORE KNEE-JERK DECISIONS’</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Puno also said there would be “no more knee-jerk decisions” when it comes to impeachment following the Supreme Court decision declaring the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte unconstitutional.</p><p>The court said any new impeachment complaint against Duterte would have to wait until February 6, when one-year ban on impeachment proceedings against the same official lapses.</p><p>The court also released guidelines on following due process on impeachment proceedings, including the need to give the respondent a chance to be heard on the articles of impeachment.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/25/supreme-court-duterte-impeachment-articles-unconstitutional-1601">Supreme Court blocks VP Sara Duterte&#x27;s impeachment trial</a></div><p>“It will be slower. It will be more, obviously, circumspect. Walang biglaan diyan so our position as a party now is that we have to look very carefully at all of this. There will be no more knee-jerk decisions, you know, because precisely this has been reduced as a political exercise and has become more of a judicial exercise,” Puno said.</p><p>Puno added, it is now also “almost impossible” for an impeachment complaint to reach the Senate by simply gathering signatures of House members complaint will have to go through hearings by the House Committee on Justice.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/21/10-people-who-made-philippine-headlines-in-2025-1726">Marcos, Duterte, Co and more: 10 people who made PH headlines in 2025</a></div><p>For Puno, it is “very unlikely” for the Supreme Court to reverse its decision on impeachment.</p>

<p>“Actually, I don't see any grounds for filing an impeachment case against the president. Kaya nga I would like to see whatever complaint there is. That's why I'm already saying our party, you know, I'm almost sure, 100 percent, we are not going to be for it,” Puno told reporters.</p>

“Actually, I don't see any grounds for filing an impeachment case against the president. Kaya nga I would like to see whatever complaint there is. That's why I'm already saying our party, you know, I'm almost sure, 100 percent, we are not going to be for it,” Puno told reporters.

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'We're not going for it': NUP's Puno says impeachment effort vs Marcos won't prosper

Agatha Gregorio,

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Published Jan 16, 2026 04:09 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 20, 2026 12:31 PM PHT

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