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In a flurry of flying papers, heckling, and shouting, pro-impeachment lawmakers walked out of the House of Representatives' Justice Committee hearing yesterday over the refusal of the committee chairman to hear some new "revelations" brought up in an earlier press conference by former DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman.

Immaturity resides in our Congress. Like babies denied their mother's milk, the opposition representatives' walkout only showed how immature, impatient and maybe even how desperate our esteemed pro-impeachment representatives are. Crying out and throwing things around makes them look more like spoiled brats and not as members of the House of Representatives.

I agree with them(pro-impeachment representatives) that President Arroyo should be impeached so that her innocence(or her guilt) can be established and so end the political crisis that has so deeply divided our nation. However, keep in mind that 'impeachment' is the process wherein the President is put on trial in the Senate to determine if she is guilty or not of the accusations leveled at her. Impeachment does not necessarily lead to removal from office; if she is found innocent, she stays on as President.

But throwing tantrums in the most hallowed hall of our great democracy is not the right way of determining the truth. Screaming, shouting, jeering, taunting, and booing will get you nowhere.

Going to the so-called 'parliament of the streets', as some people have suggested, is also another sign of immaturity. Those commie, er, 'militant groups' marching and shouting in the streets are only adding to the pollution of the city with their annoying rhymes and the trash they leave behind.

Speaking of 'militant groups', I find their claims that the youth are behind their cause as insulting. Sure, maybe some youth groups support them, but not all! Do you see the youth leaving their classes to shout in the streets and go up against the anti-riot police? Oh, and another thing, why do these groups campaign for a higher budget for education, yet feel free to waste the very resource they are supposed to be fighting for by walking out of their classes? Oops. But back to the topic at hand.

No one has a monopoly of the truth. Everyone has a different version of the truth, so there are rules and processes that exist to ensure that the whole, entire, unbiased, verified truth is determined and presented. If in the process we do not get what we want, we should accept the outcome as it is a part of the process. Mere theatrics and rabble-rousing tactics such as this 'walkout' will not contribute to the determination of the truth. They will only contribute to the country's division.