SC to hold oral arguments on Merci’s stop ouster plea 09/22/2010

SC to hold oral arguments on Merci’s stop ouster plea
09/22/2010
Oral arguments have been ordered by the Supreme Court (SC) on the petition filed by Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez to stop the House committee on justice from hearing the impeachment complaints filed against her.

Speaking at news conference yesterday, Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said the Court agreed to hold an oral argument on Sept. 30 due to the “urgency” of the matter.

“The Court, on its own, decided to hold an oral argument to clarify all the issues so that it can resolve the case as soon as possible,” Marquez said.

The SC official admitted that the magistrates would not want to prolong the disposition of the case as this might be construed as “interfering” already with the affairs of Congress.

Marquez said the magistrates would want to be clarified on the positions of the parties concerning the constitutional provision barring more than one impeachment proceedings against the same official within a period of one year.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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