Primer on Impeachment
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A Primer on the New Rules of Procedure Governing Impeachment Trials in the Senate of the Philippines
By: ATTY. AMADO F. MARALIT, LLM, MPA, CEO VI Senate Parliamentary Counsellor A Project of: PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INFORMATION BUREAU INFORMATION Senate of the Philippines
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1. What should the Senate do upon receipt of articles of impeachment? Upon receipt of articles of impeachment: a) The Senate shall specify the date and time for the consideration of such articles.1 b) The Senate President shall inform the House that the Senate shall take proper order on the subject of impeachment and shall be ready to receive the prosecutors on such time and date as the Senate may specify.2 c) If it is the Chief Justice that shall preside, notice shall be given to him by the Senate President of the time and place fixed for the consideration of the articles of impeachment, with a request to attend.3 d) The Senate shall organize itself as an Impeachment Court. 2. How does the Senate organize itself into an Impeachment Court? Before proceeding to the consideration of the articles of impeachment: a) The Presiding Officer shall be administered the prescribed oath or affirmation.4 b) The Presiding Officer shall administer the prescribed oath or affirmation to the Members of the Senate then present and to the other Members of the Senate as they shall appear, whose duty it is to take the same.5
Rule III (2), Senate Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials Rule I, Senate Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials 3 Rule II (1), Senate Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials 4 Rule II, Senate Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials 5 Rule III
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3. What happens after the organization of the Senate?
a) A writ of summons shall be issued to the person impeached, reciting or incorporating said articles, and notifying hi him/her to appear before the Senate upon a day and at a place to be fixed by the Senate and named in such writ, and to file
A Primer on the New Rules of Procedure Governing Impeachment Trials in the Senate of the Philippines
By: ATTY. AMADO F. MARALIT, LLM, MPA, CEO VI Senate Parliamentary Counsellor A Project of: PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INFORMATION BUREAU INFORMATION Senate of the Philippines
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1. What should the Senate do upon receipt of articles of impeachment? Upon receipt of articles of impeachment: a) The Senate shall specify the date and time for the consideration of such articles.1 b) The Senate President shall inform the House that the Senate shall take proper order on the subject of impeachment and shall be ready to receive the prosecutors on such time and date as the Senate may specify.2 c) If it is the Chief Justice that shall preside, notice shall be given to him by the Senate President of the time and place fixed for the consideration of the articles of impeachment, with a request to attend.3 d) The Senate shall organize itself as an Impeachment Court. 2. How does the Senate organize itself into an Impeachment Court? Before proceeding to the consideration of the articles of impeachment: a) The Presiding Officer shall be administered the prescribed oath or affirmation.4 b) The Presiding Officer shall administer the prescribed oath or affirmation to the Members of the Senate then present and to the other Members of the Senate as they shall appear, whose duty it is to take the same.5
Rule III (2), Senate Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials Rule I, Senate Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials 3 Rule II (1), Senate Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials 4 Rule II, Senate Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials 5 Rule III
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3. What happens after the organization of the Senate?
a) A writ of summons shall be issued to the person impeached, reciting or incorporating said articles, and notifying hi him/her to appear before the Senate upon a day and at a place to be fixed by the Senate and named in such writ, and to file