Impeaching Corona will lead to ‘failed state,’ says constitutionalist
By Angie M. Rosales12/11/2010
The country will become a failed state if Malacañang and its allies succeed in filing an impeachment complaint against Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said yesterday.
She discussed at an impromptu press conference yesterday the recent SC decision declaring as unconstitutional President Aquino’s Executive Order No. 1 (EO1) which creates a Truth Commission.
“The rumor that certain members of the House of Representatives are passing around an impeachment complaint for signature makes people jumpy. If the agitators succeed, the Philippines will definitely become a failed state according to standards set by the international legal community,” she said.
Santiago added impeaching a Chief Justice by imputing “political motives” behind a decision clipping the President’s powers would be fatal to the tripartite system of government.
“The executive and legislative branches are political in nature. But the judicial branch is non-political. If the Chief Justice is removed for political reasons, then that would be a signal that even the judicial branch has also become political. That would be the end of our democracy as we know it today,” she said.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101211hed2.html
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