AS MERCI APPEALS HIGH COURT RULING
Noy ally files impeach raps vs SC justices
By Charlie V. Manalo and Benjamin B. Pulta 03/01/2011House members belonging to the majority and allied with President Aquino appear to be impeachment-happy.
Not content with having just one impeachment proceeding against constitutional official Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, they now want to impeach all the high court justices who voted for the status quo ante decision in connection with initially stopping the House of Representatives justice committee from holding impeachment hearings, a senior House member and vice chairman of the justice committee yesterday bared. Senior Deputy Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas was set to file on Thursday an impeachment case against Supreme Court (SC) justices who had voted to issue a status quo ante order on the impeachment case against the Ombudsman, saying that the decision was arrived at without the justices deliberating on the petition Gutierrez filed.
In a committee hearing, Fariñas announced he will seek the impeachment of SC justices, adding the impeachment complaint has been prepared but is still awaiting a certification by the clerk of court of the high tribunal as to the exact time and date the magistrates received their copies of the Gutierrez petition..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110301hed1.html
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