Firm stand: Protesters holding placards at a rally a day after the Supreme Court ruled the impeachment complaint against Sara unconstitutional, in Quezon City. — Reuters
THE Supreme Court ruled that an impeachment case filed against Vice-President Sara Duterte (pic, below) violated the country’s constitution due to a key technicality, a decision that blocks her upcoming trial over a raft of criminal allegations including her threat to have the president assassinated.
The House of Representatives, which impeached Sara in February and sent the case to the Senate for trial, violated a rule that only one impeachment case could be processed by the lower chamber against an impeachable official in a single year, court spokesperson Camille Ting said.
