MANILA (Reuters) - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo moved to tighten her grip on the Philippine presidency on Tuesday, using her overwhelming majority in Congress to frustrate opposition attempts to impeach her over allegations of wrongdoing.
Lawmakers in a committee dominated by Arroyo loyalists exchanged legal arguments for three hours on which of three separate impeachment complaints should be taken up.
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