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MANILA, Philippines — With an impeachment criticism already filed towards Vice President Sara Duterte earlier than the Home of Representatives, what is going to occur subsequent?
In response to Home Secretary Normal Reginald Velasco, they should see if any criticism can be endorsed by a Home member, and if it’s a respectable criticism.
“Nicely, ‘pag nag-file, titignan natin kung kumpleto ‘no, kailangan kasi might endorsement ng Home member. Tapos titignan din natin kung ‘yong criticism ay might laman ‘no, ‘di naman pwedeng impeachment criticism lang,” Velasco mentioned in an interview with reporters on Monday, hours earlier than civil society teams filed a criticism towards Duterte.
(Nicely, if somebody information, we’ll examine whether it is full, as a result of there must be an endorsement of a Home member. Then we’d look if the criticism has ample content material, it can’t be a mere criticism.)
“Pag-aaralan muna ng workplace ko kung tunay talagang criticism ‘yon, in kind and in substance. Sa amin pa lang, preliminary evaluation ‘yon. After which ifo-forward ko ‘yon kay Speaker, then si Speaker, alleged to ahead it to the committee on guidelines. After which the committee on guidelines will refer it to the plenary ‘no, for formal referral with the justice committee,” he added.
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“My workplace will examine if it’s a true criticism, in kind and in substance. With us, it’s an preliminary evaluation. I’d then ahead that to the Speaker, then the Speaker is meant to ahead it to the committee on guidelines. After which the committee on guidelines will refer it to the plenary ‘no, for formal referral with the justice committee,” he added.
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In response to Velasco, he and Home Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez have 10 session days to behave on the impeachment criticism, earlier than it’s forwarded to the Home committee on guidelines, which is able to then refer it to the committee on justice throughout a plenary session.
However as of now, Velasco mentioned he and Romualdez solely have 9 session days left, because the session would adjourn by December 18.
“Nicely I’ve 10 days and the Speaker, we now have 10 days to behave on it, 10 session days. So ‘pag finile na ‘yon, kulang na (So whether it is filed now, we’ll lack days). Kasi bale 9 session days na lang eh (As a result of we solely have 9 session days),” he famous.
The 2 committees will every have 60 days to deliberate the criticism — making the impeachment continuing at the very least 130 days lengthy.
“All in all, there are 130 days for this course of. That’s days solely, however there are some which can be session days. In order that’s what any impeachment criticism would face,” Velasco famous.
Velasco’s statements had been hinged on Article XI of the 1987 Structure, which talks in regards to the accountability of public officers.
Part 2 of the Article XI gives that the one mode of eradicating a sitting President, Vice President, Supreme Court docket justices, members of Constitutional Commissions, and the Ombudsman is thru impeachment.
The identical part gives the next rounds for impeachment:
- Culpable violation of the Structure
- Treason
- Bribery
- Graft and corruption
- Different excessive crimes
- Betrayal of public belief
The Home in the meantime has “unique energy to provoke” an impeachment case.
“A verified criticism for impeachment could also be filed by any Member of the Home of Representatives or by any citizen upon a decision or endorsement by any Member thereof, which shall be included within the Order of Enterprise inside ten session days, and referred to the correct Committee inside three session days thereafter,” Part 3, Paragraph (2) of the 1987 Structure states.
“The Committee, after listening to, and by a majority vote of all its Members, shall submit its report back to the Home inside sixty session days from such referral, along with the corresponding decision. The decision shall be calendared for consideration by the Home inside ten session days from receipt thereof,” the identical paragraph additionally states.
A one-thirds vote of all Home members is required to both affirm an impeachment criticism, or override a decision.
Part 3 additionally states {that a} verified criticism can proceed to a Senate trial instantly whether it is filed “by at the very least one-third of all of the Members of the Home.”
Presently, with 307 members, a one-thirds vote within the Home equates to 103 lawmakers.
Hours after the interview with Velasco, civil society teams’ representatives flocked to the Home to file the impeachment criticism towards Duterte. They had been accompanied by former senator Leila de Lima and former Quezon Metropolis lawmaker Jose Christopher Belmonte.
The criticism was endorsed by Akbayan party-list Rep. Percival Cendaña.
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In a briefing earlier than the submitting, de Lima defined that among the many articles of impeachment cited had been Duterte’s alleged confidential fund (CF) misuse, threats to rating authorities officers, and her supposed involvement in extrajudicial killings when she was Davao Metropolis mayor.
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The CF points that de Lima was referring to are the discoveries made by the Home committee on good authorities and public accountability, just like the admission from OVP and DepEd’s particular disbursing officers that they left the disbursement of secret funds to safety officers.
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Duterte’s threats, in the meantime, seek advice from the Vice President’s rants in an internet press briefing final November 23 the place she mentioned that she talked to somebody about killing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Girl Liza Araneta Marcos, and Home Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, in case she will get assassinated.
