Do you know the latest issue in the Philippines? Yes, that's the Impeachment trial. Currently, the impeachment trial is going on. It's been 2 months since the start of the impeachment trial. I always see the news about it and I'm sick and tired of hearing it.
The impeachment trial was impeached on Dec. 12, 2011. Renato Corona, the Chief Justice in the Philippines. Corona was perceived as an ally of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who appointed him as chief justice of the Supreme Court, days after the 2010 Presidential Elections. This comes after the Supreme Court ruled that the president's ban on appointments does not extend to the judiciary. Since then, the Supreme Court has been accused of ruling unfavorably of the Aquino administration in cases concerning Arroyo. The Senate, which had already convened as an impeachment court, began the trial on January 16, 2012. This is the second impeachment trial in the history of the Philippines.
The Senate received the articles of impeachment on December 13. Tupas and Reynaldo Umali delivered the articles of impeachment, with Tupas saying that the process was not railroaded. Employees o the judiciary staged a court holiday on Dec. 13 in support of Corona; this meant many courts were closed. In a speech delivered in front of Supreme Court employees, Corona branded Aquino as building a dictatorship, stated that he will not quit, and that his conviction will result in Aquino controlling all three branches of government. The Executive replied via Executive Secretary Edwin Lacierda that it not out to control all branches of government but wanted a independent Supreme Court, told Corona to go on a leave on absence, and that the impeachment is "not an attack on the judiciary". This is a case of accountability against Chief Justice Corona.
The Senate received the articles of impeachment on December 13. Tupas and Reynaldo Umali delivered the articles of impeachment, with Tupas saying that the process was not railroaded. Employees o the judiciary staged a court holiday on Dec. 13 in support of Corona; this meant many courts were closed. In a speech delivered in front of Supreme Court employees, Corona branded Aquino as building a dictatorship, stated that he will not quit, and that his conviction will result in Aquino controlling all three branches of government. The Executive replied via Executive Secretary Edwin Lacierda that it not out to control all branches of government but wanted a independent Supreme Court, told Corona to go on a leave on absence, and that the impeachment is "not an attack on the judiciary". This is a case of accountability against Chief Justice Corona.
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