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Constitutional Crisis in the Philippines
Early next year, another history of impeachment trial in the Philippines will unfold. This time, a Chief Justice of the highest court in the land will be in the hot seat. President Benigno Simeon Aquino III is unstoppable. He boldly expressed overly dismay against Chief Justice Renato Corona, who in an instant, was impeached by the President’s allies in the House of Representatives. I doubt if the lower house legislators who pushed the impeachment complaints studied well enough. The solons alleged the betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption and culpable violation of the Constitution committed by Corona. But, do they have enough basis? Did they really read the documents…
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Did your solon voted for Chief Justice’s impeachment?
See the list below if your representative signed the resolution for the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Did they voted according to reasons and their principles? Or according to the political party decision? 1. Tupas, Niel Jr. 2. Umali, Reynaldo 3. Abaya, Joseph Emilio 4. Del Rosario, Antonio 5. Bag-ao, Arlene 6. Teodoro, Marcelino 7. Castelo, Winston 8. Arago, Maria Evita 9. Golez, Roilo 10. Lacson-Noel, Josephine Veronique 11. Cerilles, Aurora 12. Calixto-Rubiano, Emi 13. Bello, Walden 14. Hataman-Salliman, Jim 15. Catamco, Nancy 16. Lanete, Scott Davies 17. Valencia, Rodolfo 18. Noel, Florencio 19. Mendoza, Mark 20. Gatchalian, Rex 21. Gonzales, Aurelio Jr. 22. Ferrer, Jeffrey 23.…