Lawfare as arithmetic of power
This is the weaponization of the leadership fight obscured. It is not about who runs the Senate, but who gets to remain a senator dressed up as due process.
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This is the weaponization of the leadership fight obscured. It is not about who runs the Senate, but who gets to remain a senator dressed up as due process.
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Most of those who retired under this law in 2001 and earlier are already dead or are either dying or suffering a life of poverty and deprivation.
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While names and faces in leadership may change, the underlying dynamics often remain the same. Filipinos are understandably skeptical about whether these new…
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After a two-week leadership deadlock, Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian got his 13th vote and was finally installed to the chamber’s top post on Wednesday after…
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Former Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday vowed to continue pursuing the truth behind the alleged anomalies involving billions of pesos in flood…
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A senator and his father have reportedly been sweating over reports that plunder charges linked to flood control projects in their home province could soon…
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Former Quezon City Representative Mike Defensor on Tuesday defended his role in a controversial public hearing featuring alleged former aides of ex-Ako Bicol…
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The cases apparently were dangled as leverage, dismissals offered in exchange for bloc membership, following the template allegedly applied to Senator Chiz…
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What was constitutionally designed as the chamber of discourse integral to the system of checks and balances has instead morphed into a raucous battle royale…
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The battle for control of the Senate is far from over as a tug-of-war erupted yesterday, with the bloc of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano bringing the Senate…
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Naisumite na ng House Prosecution Panel sa Senado ang 57-pahinang pre-trial brief kasama ang mga dokumentaryong ebidensiyang kanilang ihaharap sa nakatakdang…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the House of Representatives and the Senate to submit supporting documents explaining hundreds of billions of pesos in…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued oral arguments on the constitutionality of unprogrammed appropriations, with justices probing whether the budget…
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Aside from Senator Joel Villanueva, one male and one female senator are likely to bolt from the Cayetano-led faction, although they remain hesitant to make a…
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‘So if before we were trying to limit corroborative witnesses and select only the most important ones, we wanted to make sure that all testimonies will be…
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Article VI, Section 16(1) requires a majority of all the members. In a 24-member Senate, that means 13. And that is why the talk of a 13th senator joining the…
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Could fresh linguistic constructs outmaneuver the true intent and purpose of what ‘the majority of all its members’ means in the constitutional text?
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What happens if the Senate suddenly finds itself short of the very senators needed to either conduct the trial or to convict?
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