Daily Serving of Legal Matters

Just before Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered his 5th State of the Nation Address, a militant-minority-bloc of members of the Lower House or the House of Representatives has endorsed an IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT against him.  Would this impeachment complaint succeed?  It would be another story. A picture of Impeach Pres. Aquino movement taken from newsinfo.inquirer.net This post would discuss how to impeach a public officer.  Of course, the discussion is basically based on what the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment tells us that impeachment is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as criminal or civil punishment.  In the Philippines, to impeach a public official simply means to to remove from office. In the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the followin...

Finally after the myriad legal maneuvers invoked by both parties, the crime of plunder has been charged to those persons linked to 10-Billion Peso PDAF Scam.  Among the personalities indicted are the three Philippine Senators and the alleged Pork-Barrel Queen Janet Lim-Napoles. A photo of some of the accused (Napoles, Revilla, Enrile and Estrada) in the Plunder Case taken from Bing Images. As a matter of fact, the Filipinos have witnesses the real life drama unfolded on their very eyes.  The warrant of arrest has been ordered for the arrest to one of the accused Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr.   This post is not to prejudice the minds of the Filipinos nor it would insinuate the guilt of all of the accused.  It would simply tell how the crime of plunder is committed and other salient features of the plunder law as embodied in Republic Act No. 7080 or the Anti-Plunder Act.  Definition of the crime of plunder: Any public officer wh...