Sweet 16 dilemma
Many were taken aback when Presiding Officer Chiz Escudero immediately said that the minimum number of votes needed to convict is 16.
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New beacon of hope
Eala gives us a reason to look beyond our geographical, religious and political differences and remember that we, too, can believe in…
Crises grow as conflict burns
Outside that chamber of acrimony, however, another trial is unfolding — far from the television cameras and before judges who wear no robes.
Decade of defiance
Declaring 12 July National West Philippine Sea Victory Day would cost the government nothing and would lock the arbitral ruling into the…
Win, let it go
The Constitution’s framers intentionally left the matter to the Senate because it concerns the chamber’s internal procedures.
Cold evidence vs spectacle
While the impeachment process is often described as sui generis, it isn’t rules-free.
We‘re provoking China: Batanes is Chinese
China is testing the world’s tolerance for nonsense. How much garbage can Beijing spew before newspapers, diplomats, academics stop…
The Zuleika Defense
Even a mother hen will threaten the predator. Does that mean the hen hired a hitman?
Character counts, in votes
The real trial, he argues, is not being conducted under the16-vote threshold at all but in the register of trust, the breach of which is…
Sara’s trial credibility woes
‘Fair’ and ‘clean’ are two different matters, and the trial’s opening week seems to have already muddied both.
House, let’s go home
From the opening moments of the proceedings, it became evident that the impeachment battle would be anything but ordinary.
Outdated science drives juvenile justice?
Today’s generation is the first to be raised on smartphones, algorithm-driven social media, online gaming, endless streams of violent…
Two birds, one stone
‘If a series of acts is not established, then there is no plunder and, therefore, there is no probable cause.’
Still chasing the Filipino dream
Alex’s story is different from that of most Filipinos, but her success offers inspiration and hope.
Let’s get it on
Legal analysts have also shot down talk of an early dismissal of the articles of impeachment before the trial even begins.
No room for fall guys
There is absolutely no room for a whitewash here. Two young lives were cut short in an incident that investigators themselves admitted was…
Lawfare must stop
Critics rightly note that stretching anti-graft statutes to cover pre-campaign private contributions risks criminalizing routine political…
Core goals out of sync
Political clans do not need blood relatives in adjacent seats when they can install allies, financiers and loyal proxies instead.