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VP’s impeachment can be quick ‘if House wants to’
Former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares —PHOTO BY TJ BURGONIO
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December 8, 2024December 9, 2024News

VP’s impeachment can be quick ‘if House wants to’

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If it wants to, the House of Representatives can impeach Vice President Sara Duterte anytime over her alleged misuse of confidential funds because the evidence is in its possession, lawyer and former lawmaker Neri Colmenares said on Saturday. “They can’t say our evidence is lacking. The evidence came from them,’’ Colmenares said in reference to...

antiterror law rules
GOOD INTENTION, HORRIBLE LAW. "No matter how good your intention is, if you're going to implement a law that is horribly repressive, then that good intention will just come to naught," lawyer Neri Colmenares says. —PHOTO BY TJ BURGONIO
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January 3, 2024January 3, 2024News, Politics

High court’s rules do not cure ‘horribly repressive’ antiterror law, says lawyer

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The rules set by the Supreme Court on the Anti-Terror Act of 2020 cannot cure the “horribly repressive” law that will be enforced by a “horribly repressive’’ council, lawyer Neri Colmenares said on Wednesday.  Colmenares, who presented oral arguments against the law at the high court as counsel for the militant group Bayan Muna, said...