SC could be held accountable for blocking ‘Merci’ impeach raps By Gerry Baldo 12/11/2010

SC could be held accountable for blocking ‘Merci’ impeach raps

By Gerry Baldo

12/11/2010

While efforts to hold justices of the Supreme Court accountable for junking the presidential move to create a truth commission failed to prosper, the latter’s attempt to allegedly block the impeachment of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez could be a strong issue against the high court justices.

According to Iloilo Rep. Neil Tupas, chairman of the House committee on justice, the inaction of the high tribunal on the status quo ante order it issued against the House for it not to proceed with the impeachment complaint could be raised against them.

Tupas warned that he would be filing an impeachment complaint against some justices of the high tribunal if they fail to resolve the status quo ante order within the 60-day period allotted for the House committee on justice to come up with a committee report on the impeachment complaint.

“If they permanently restrain us from proceedings, certainly an impeachment proceeding will happen. If they permanently restrain the House committee on justice to proceed which complaint 1 or 2 then I think it would now very very clear that it would be an impeachable offense. I’ll be the one to file that,” Tupas told reporters... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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