Impeachment or Political Theater? 

Impeachment is often invoked as one of the strongest safeguards of democracy in the Philippines. Enshrined in the Constitution, it is meant to ensure that the highest officials of the land can be held accountable for wrongdoing. In principle, it affirms a simple but powerful idea: no one is above the law. In practice, however, impeachment has rarely lived up to this ideal. Instead, it has increasingly become a reflection of political power—less about justice, and more about who holds the numbers. The process has rarely succeeded in fully holding a sitting President to account. The country’s first major experience […]...

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