Too much ado about nothing

ROSES & THORNS

- PIA ROCES MORATO

Indeed, the time has come and the Senate has decided. The plenary session held last Wednesday, Aug. 6, decided—the impeachment case of Vice President Sara Duterte has been archived with a majority vote from 19 senators versus four who were against archiving and one senator abstaining.

The 19 senators who were said to be the super-majority Duterte bloc in the Senate voted yes on the motion to archive the case which, in turn, backed the Supreme Court's decision that the Articles of Impeachment against the Vice President were unconstitutional.

In a post, former Supreme Court Justice Noel Tijam expressed that the High Court found a constitutional violation but that it also knows that Congress can do the right thing come February of 2026. The former Supreme Court justice added that the High Court deliberated exhaustively, which explains its immediately executory ruling.

In a short message, Justice Tijam also suggested that we focus first on the problems of the country, then prepare well the new impeachment complaint against the Vice President in February 2026, which is just a few months away. Besides, as the former justice expressed, the VP is not avoiding any accountability on the issue. So why so much fuss?