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Kami ay nakikiramay,/Kay Huling, Juan at Maria,/Sa pumanaw na hustisya,/At kinitil na demokrasya.
Senate suffers from runny nose
Only senators with runny nose and fidelity to the misrule of law and deficit of justice would disagree that the impeachment provision in the Charter was meant to kick out plundering, corrupt and lawless officials and ship them to the doghouse.
A shameful betrayal of public trust should the Senate vote for the dismissal of VP Duterte’s impeachment
It will be another win for impunity for brazen corruption if the Senate’s first major act in the 20th Congress is to dismiss the impeachment case of Vice President Sara Duterte.
SC isn’t infallible, as Leonen admits
Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, the ponente of the assailed 97-page Sara Duterte vs House of Representatives ruling, may have implicitly admitted that something doesn’t add up in his written treatise, saying that if anyone bothers to look closely, the Supreme Court (SC) justices are not gods.
KODAO ASKS: Ano ang pagtingin na unconstitutional ang impeachment laban kay Sara Duterte?
Pahayag ng human rights advocates at mga guro sa desisyon ng Korte Suprema hinggil sa unconstitutional umano ang proseso ng paghahain ng impeachment laban kay VP Sara Duterte.
KODAO ASKS: Bakit dapat maimpeach si Sara Duterte?
Pahayag ng mga nanay hinggil sa impeachment na kinakaharap ng pangalawang pangulo na si Sara Duterte.
Can SC justices be impeached en masse?
Is it now possible for the 13 justices who concurred with the ponencia of Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen be impeached themselves for promulgating a decision that has surfeit of law but suffers from the paucity of justice? Or for cutting corners and giving short shrift to the internal rules of the legislature?
Technicality trumps substance
For the nonce, the SC decision will naturally be derided for zeroing in on legal technicalities while papering over the substance of the articles of impeachment. Well, as they say, when the SC commits a grievous error, it becomes part of the law of the land.
Rights lawyer’s take on SC ruling on the impeachment complaint against Sara Duterte
The House acted within the bounds, and complied with the requirements, of the Constitution when it endorsed the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate. And upon transmission of the Articles, the Senate acquired jurisdiction to constitute itself as an impeachment court.
Progressives caution Sara: Don’t celebrate too much, fight for accountability continues
“The decision gives legal basis to efforts by Malacañang and Senate to scuttle the impeachment trial since February,” Tinio said.