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By Angie Rosales 08/12/2010 Only senators can remove a senator, Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile said yesterday in response to an anti-crime group’s plan to file an impeachment complaint against fugitive Sen. Panfilo Lacson. The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) said it would initiate moves to impeach Lacson from the Senate for being implicated in the double murder case of publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver Emammnuel Corbito and for going into hiding to evade an arrest order. “Nobody can remove a senator. They should first review the Constitution before they open their mouth,” Enrile said in an interview with reporters. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, chairman of the justice and human rights committee, said Lacson can be expelled from being a member of the upper chamber either through a vote by the Senate, following a recommendation by the committee on ethics and privileges or by order of the Court in case there is a conviction by final judgment which will include the penalty of absolute and perpetual disqualification to hold public office. Escudero said there should first be a resolution or a complaint filed before the ethics panel, so that appropriate action can be taken against Lacson. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100812hed3.html |
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