A verdict seen as purely partisan risks stripping the process of legitimacy. This dynamic was evident in the aborted impeachment trial of former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada. When senator-judges ...
Like in a court of law, the prosecutors will try to show that indeed the VP committed culpable violations of the Constitution and betrayal of public ...
Know the fundamentals of impeachment. The vice president has already been impeached. Of course, she has not yet been tried by the Senate or convicted. The complainants may not have the support of 16 ...
What will happen starting June 2 when Escudero formally convenes the Senate into a court?” My column last Thursday, Feb. 6, was filed Tuesday morning, as ...
This is not to say that the impeachment call has no valid grounds, but we look to the lessons of Edsa People Power Revolution II, where an elitist discourse justified the removal of Erap Estrada, and ...
The House of Representatives impeached Duterte on Wednesday ... because Former President Erap Estrada is there. So, I don’t move in the circle of politicians," Duterte said in mixed English ...