Start of Sara’s long goodbye?
Endorsed by 215 lawmakers, the impeachment process now moves to the Senate, where a trial will be conducted to determine Duterte’s culpability.
Tag Archives: impeachment
‘Impeach Sara’ rally: Demand for accountability
Demand for accountability in public service was the loud and clear message by the thousands who gathered at Edsa Shrine Jan. 31.
Marcos unsure he has numbers in Senate for Duterte impeachment
Why did BBM ask lawmakers not to push through with impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte? My guess is, Marcos is not sure if he has the numbers in the Senate to convict Duterte in an impeachment trial. Malacañang cannot afford to lose because impeachment rules allow only one impeachment proceedings against the same official within one year.
FACT CHECK: NO impeachment case vs. Marcos over dwindling calamity fund
A video erroneously claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos is facing impeachment over the dwindling calamity fund of the government.
FACT CHECK: NO impeachment against Sara Duterte at the House
A YouTube video falsely claims that the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte have started in the House of Representatives.
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.
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.
