Cayetano: Constitutional duty ng Senado na sundin desisyon ng Korte Suprema ukol sa impeachment case

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August 7, 2025

3–5 minutes

Sundin ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema.

Ito ang malinaw na dapat gawin ng Senado bilang isang institusyon sa ilalim ng Konstitusyon ayon kay Senador Alan Peter Cayetano nitong Miyerkules.

Kaugnay ito ng impeachment case laban sa Pangalawang Pangulo na idineklarang “void ab initio” ng Korte Suprema dahil sa paglabag sa one-year bar rule. Ibig sabihin, itinuturing itong parang hindi kailanman nangyari at wala ring jurisdiction ang Senado rito.

“May option ba tayo not to follow the Constitution? In actuality, as an institution, we have to follow, hindi po ba?” diin ni Cayetano sa plenary session nitong August 6.

Dagdag ng abogadong senador, ang Saligang Batas ay isang “covenant” sa pagitan ng taumbayan at ng gobyerno, at “constitutional crisis” ang mangyayari kung hindi rerespetuhin ng Senado ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema.

Paano naman ang naganap na pag-convene ng Senado bilang impeachment court noong June, kung kailan tinalakay na nila ang impeachment case?

Sagot ni Cayetano, wala itong epekto. Hindi kasi aniya gagana ang doktrina ng “operative fact” sa kasong ito dahil nga nilabag ang one-year ban.

Ang operative fact ay isang prinsipyong legal kung saan ang mga aksyong ginawa sa ilalim ng batas na idineklarang “void” ay pinananatiling may bisa kung ang pagbabasura rito ay magdudulot ng injustice.

“Since may finding ang Supreme Court na cinircumvent y’ung one-year bar, hindi ka ngayon pwedeng mag-operative fact dahil para mong nire-reward y’ung circumvention,” paliwanag ni Cayetano.

Punto pa niya, hindi naman na talaga kailangan pang talakayin ng Senado ang impeachment case dahil simula’t sapul ay wala nga itong naging jurisdiction sa kaso, base sa ruling ng Korte Suprema.

Pero mainam aniya na pormal pa rin itong i-“dispose” ng Senado para hindi maiwang “floating in the air” ang usapin.

“Theoretically, if we do not do anything today, we are following the Supreme Court decision,” aniya.

“However, human nature is that if we do not do anything, people will say it’s pending. It is also fair to the VP that we dispose of this,” dagdag niya.

Upang maiwasan ang kalituhan, iminungkahi ni Cayetano na imbes na “dismiss” ay ilagay na lang sa mosyon ng Senado na “sinusunod” nito ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema.

“If the SC reconsiders, then we will follow. If they don’t reconsider, we will still follow,” paliwanag niya.

Sa huli, nagdesisyon ang Senado na i-archive ang articles of impeachment, matapos nilang magbotohan.

Nangangahulugang patay na ang kaso sa Senado, maliban na lamang kung babaligtarin ng Korte Suprema ang sarili nitong desisyon bilang pagtalima sa motion for reconsideration na inihain ng House of Representatives.

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