Article XI, Section 2 of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines lists the impeachable offenses with surgical precision: culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and corruption, other high crimes, or betrayal of public trust. The Vice President who once preached “public office is a public trust” now treats the impeachment complaint the way a teenager treats a summons – by ghosting it. This is precisely what the framers feared: the impeachment clause weaponized into an “electoral shortcut.” When the mechanism meant to protect the Republic becomes just another tool for dynastic demolition or dynastic survival, the rule of law dies laughing.
Published at: 2026-03-23 22:23:36
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