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Two Impeachments, Separate Truths

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus NEWS ACCOUNTS tracking the House hearings of the Larry Gadon motion of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno make the inevitable reference to... Read more

What is a Quo Warranto? The People Want to Know

AS THOUGH the threat of impeachment were not enough, Chief Justice (CJ) Maria Lourdes Sereno now faces another challenge, her removal from office by quo warranto. What is... Read more

Looking into Gadon’s Charges: Impeachable or Not?

THE IMPEACHMENT of a sitting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is no minor enterprise. The effort to take down Maria Lourdes Sereno from the highest position of... Read more

Press on Impeachment: Helping the Public Understand

THE 1987 Philippine Constitution vests Congress with the power of impeachment to hold accountable certain officials of government. These include the president, vice president, the ombudsman, members of Constitutional... Read more

Reviewing the Impeachment Process

FILIPINOS ARE not strangers to the idea of impeachment. Recent political history saw the impeachment of a sitting president, Joseph Estrada; an incumbent chief justice of the Supreme... Read more

Obiter Dictum and the Impeachment Motions against President Aquino

President Aquino delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to members of the three branches of government. He was welcomed to the august hall of the... Read more

Revilla’s bandwagon: A destructive campaign

But no one can expect corruption to be cleaned up overnight. In the Philippines, the virus has been given too much time to fester. It has weakened the political... Read more

Crises and Scandals: A PUBLIC THAT’S NONE THE WISER

By the PJR Reports staff THE PRESS clearly missed out important points on the biggest political crises that haunted the Arroyo presidency last year, although there were efforts to... Read more