Disposing hot potato
‘Most Filipinos, as current surveys and sentiment suggest, are not pushing for an impeachment trial. The Senate, as a political body, is sensitive to this.’
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‘Most Filipinos, as current surveys and sentiment suggest, are not pushing for an impeachment trial. The Senate, as a political body, is sensitive to this.’
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Zamora said it would be illogical for the Senate to summon the Vice President without attaching the very articles she is expected to answer.
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To allow any form of remand, summary dismissal, or procedural delay is to defy the clear constitutional command and to undermine the rule of law.
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The real headline came not from the noise but from the silence — the Senate’s decision to send the articles of impeachment back to the House.
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Let the Vice President be given every opportunity to answer the charges, disprove the allegations, and defend her name.
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The articles of impeachment were returned so the 20th Congress can send them back to the impeachment court.
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In any event, the point is that the Senate must pull itself out of the whirlwind of irrelevancy and insolvency that it has somehow found itself ensnared in.
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The Senate motion, supported by 18 senators, is aimed at having the House certify that the impeachment process adhered to the constitutional requirements, such…
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Viado has initiated a cleanup of corruption-riddled processes, particularly in deportation, visa quotas, and the regulation of foreign nationals.
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Torre urged policemen to solve cases even when these fall outside their station’s jurisdiction.
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How do the stakeholders navigate the turbulent political waters in the “battle of the narratives” when two warring ships in the high seas communicate calls or…
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It can’t be a coincidence that some elitist law school faculty members of so-called top flight universities and self-proclaimed constitutional law “experts”…
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To recall, four impeachment cases were filed against the VP and endorsed by members of the House.
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Yes, impeachment can be messy. It can be misused. But it can also be a forum for truth.
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Defensor insisted that Senate leaders must not allow the impeachment to be dismissed on the basis of a supposed constitutional deadline.
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When I was asked, during a press forum last Friday (23 May), whether I thought the President was sincere and acting in good faith in his self-declared “hard…
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While it can get away with its shortcomings with the MIAA, international audits expected after the incident will put the NAIA in another adverse global…
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It’s a national shame that one Filipino, a PNP general who should live up to the motto ‘To serve and protect,’ did the reverse and sucked up to the…
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