Impeachment robes na ginamit sa impeachment trial vs. Ex-Pres. Estrada, naka-display sa Senate Museum

2/25/2025

Iba-ibang scenario ang maaaring maging resulta ng isang impeachment trial depende sa kung mahatulang guilty o mag-resign ang nasasakdal o maunsiyami ang paglilitis. Ang iba, nasaksihan na sa kasaysayan.

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00:00Different scenarios can result in an impeachment trial

00:05depending on whether the accused is guilty or resigned.

00:11Others have witnessed it in history.

00:14Let's find out the possibilities in the trial of Mav Gonzales.

00:21The Senate is now preparing for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte,

00:26the third case to be investigated in the history of the Philippines.

00:30Rules of impeachment are being studied

00:33and a robe will be made for the senators to be judged.

00:36In the Senate Museum, the former impeachment robes

00:40of the former senator and now President Bongbong Marcos are on display.

00:44This is what they should have worn during the impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona.

00:49This is what President Bongbong Marcos should have worn as a senator.

00:54But they changed the fabric, they made it velvet, so they didn't use it anymore.

01:00But there are different versions here.

01:02Senate President Chisa Escudero said that they will use this color

01:06because this is the official color of the Senate.

01:08There is also an impeachment vault

01:10where the envelopes of evidence of the impeachment of former President Estrada were placed.

01:16The witness stand of the Corona impeachment, which is also displayed here,

01:20was taken to be used again in the impeachment of VP Sara.

01:24In an impeachment trial, the senator judges will be judged

01:27on whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty.

01:30If the defendant is guilty, he will be removed from his position

01:33and will no longer be able to hold any position in the government.

01:36Like the case of former Chief Justice Renato Corona in 2012,

01:41who was found guilty because he did not declare his wealth

01:44in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth or SALIN.

01:48If he is acquitted, he will be able to file an impeachment complaint after a year.

01:54In the history of the Philippines, no official has been acquitted.

01:59The impeachment trial may also not continue

02:02because the official resigned from his position.

02:04Like the case of former Ombudsman Maria Merceditas Gutierrez,

02:08who was impeached for not taking immediate action

02:11in the cases of former President Gloria Arroyo and others.

02:14In 2011, before the trial began,

02:17she resigned from her position and the Senate just archived the impeachment complaint against her.

02:22In the case of former Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista in 2017,

02:28a few hours after he announced that he would resign at the end of the year,

02:32he was impeached by the camera

02:33because he did not declare his wealth and other assets.

02:37President Rodrigo Duterte immediately accepted his resignation.

02:41But the Constitutional Law expert, Atty. Domingo Cayoza,

02:45believes that the impeachment trial should continue even if the official resigned.

02:50Not only was the penalty removed from his position,

02:52but there was also a disqualification for holding a position in the government.

02:56People have to know whether or not the charges are correct.

03:01The Constitution does not say or.

03:03It says and disqualification from any public office.

03:07I don't think it's good, public policy also,

03:12to just let people resign and then they will not be held accountable.

03:15Even if the impeachment trial begins, it can still go ahead,

03:20like the case of former President Joseph Estrada in 2001

03:24because he had an EDSA dos before he was elected.

03:27Cayoza said that this is a violation of justice.

03:31Admittedly, an impeachment trial or impeachment is a political process,

03:38but it is not totally political.

03:42So equally important, even more important than the political,

03:48you know, persuasions of the actors in the impeachment trial,

03:54is the truth, is the truth and accountability.

03:57And you can only determine that in an orderly manner

04:00if you finish an impeachment trial.

04:03The Supreme Court can now decide to remove an official from his position,

04:08like former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.

04:11In 2018, the impeachment complaint against him was approved by the House Committee on Justice

04:17for not filing his case when he was still teaching at UP.

04:21But he was dismissed by his fellow magistrate in the Supreme Court

04:25who filed a co-oranto petition against him.

04:28Whatever the scenario,

04:31Cayoza said that criminal and civil cases can still be filed against the impeached official.

04:37If there's enough evidence,

04:39they can pursue criminal charges against the impeached official.

04:43There's no double jeopardy.

04:44As a matter of fact, even civil charges for cases for civil damages may arise out of the same file.

04:53For GMA Integrated News,

04:55Mav Gonzalez, Nakatutok, 24 Horas.

Impeachment robes na ginamit sa impeachment trial vs. Ex-Pres. Estrada, naka-display sa Senate Museum | 24 Oras

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