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A Constitutional Court for the country?
Manila Bulletin
|July 05 2025
During the past two months, we have witnessed unpleasant bickering between the two houses of Congress.
It could have been resolved if we did not have the misfortune of having a Senate chair who is impervious to mounting criticism from the public. This had encouraged some of us to explore other means and alternative systems that can be adopted by our judicial system for controversial cases such as the impeachment charges filed against Vice-President Sara Duterte. The behavior of Senate President Chiz Escudero and his buddies was to delay the process by dribbling the ball and searching for loopholes. Some of them had already made up their minds rather than act like impartial judges. Many citizens believe that a case like this is too serious for it to be taken lightly with lame excuses.
This story is from the July 05 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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