Filipinos await the decision to be handed down Tuesday in Manila by the Philippine senate which was duly constituted as an impeachment tribunal to try Chief Justice Renato Corona for various impeachable offenses as provided in the nation's constitution
It's a healthy exercise in democracy, says a Filipino diplomat of the current infighting in the Philippines between the president and the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Another diplomat warned of its adverse effects on investments and tourism.
MANILA – The Philippine Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision allowing President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to run for a congressional seat in he province in the May 10, 2010 polls.