
MANILA: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo''s opponents said on Sunday they have prepared a new impeachment complaint against her over alleged corruption, vote-rigging and human rights violations despite three unsuccessful attempts in recent years.
The new complaint consolidates previous and new allegations of corruption and constitutional violations against Arroyo, said key complainant Jose de Venecia III.
Arroyo, who was swept to power in 2001 after then President Joseph Estrada was ousted by a nonviolent ``people power'''' revolt, has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing in office. She won a six-year term in a regular presidential election in 2004.
Arroyo is the longest-serving Philippine head of state after dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was overthrown in 1986 after ruling the country for more than two decades.
De Venecia and other complainants tried but failed to file the 97-page impeachment complaint on Saturday at the House of Representatives because its secretary-general, Marilyn Yap, who receives such complaints, had gone on a foreign trip.
The complaint will be filed Monday when Yap''s replacement assumes office, said opposition lawyer Harry Roque, another complainant.
Presidential spokesman Jesus Dureza accused de Venecia of using the impeachment bid to bolster his plan to run for the Senate in 2010, and urged the public to ignore the new impeachment complaint.
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