VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO impeachment raps filed vs Duterte
A video is falsely claiming that Vice President Sara Duterte is facing impeachment charges for allegedly “stealing” P125 million from a “secret budget fund” of the OVP.
Tag Archives: impeachment
Abuse of impeachment process must be penalized
The unanimous vote by the House committee on justice on May 27 dismissing on its first hearing the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Mario Victor “Marvic” Leonen was the right thing to do. It should not even have reached that stage, wasting legislative time and resources.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that SC Justice Leonen impeached MISLEADING
Impeachment of members of the Supreme Court is initiated in the House of Representatives and the trial against Leonen has yet to begin.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Impeachment and the judiciary in the ‘Federal Republic of the Philippines’
In this third installment, VERA Files highlights the structure of an expanded Judicial Department and notes the new process of impeachment found in the Article on Accountability of Public Officers.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: A brief history of impeachment in the Philippines
Here’s a five-minute video summing up 68 years of impeachment history in the Philippines.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Impeachment ng chief justice, ipinaliwanag
Ang mga kaso ng impeachment ng dalawang dating punong mahistrado ay makatutulong sa pagbibigay ng liwanag kung ano ang ibig sabihin nito.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Impeachment of the chief justice, explained
It's more than just a numbers game.
Sereno holds on to values she learned in her Kamuning days
Honesty and justice serve as her anchor as she prepares for her own trial.
CJ nominee questions JBC composition
By LALA ORDENES FORMER Solicitor General Frank Chavez, a nominee to the Chief Justice post vacated by impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, sent a letter (see below) to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) Friday questioning the composition of the council that vets and approves nominees to judicial posts.
Gibo will decline nomination for CJ
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
WHILE almost every lawyer in town and a nurse want to be included in the list of candidates for the position of Supreme Court Justice, vacated by the recently convicted Renato Corona, it’s good to see two people declining.