Comments on: Impeachment Complaint Against Arroyo Sufficient in Form But Will Be Shot Down By Majority http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2008/11/18/impeachment-complaint-against-arroyo-sufficient-in-form-but-will-be-shot-down-by-majority/ Lawyer in the Philippines Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:59:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Capolegis http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2008/11/18/impeachment-complaint-against-arroyo-sufficient-in-form-but-will-be-shot-down-by-majority/comment-page-1/#comment-38935 Capolegis Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:26:38 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/?p=1031#comment-38935 Its not surprising that the Intervention has been dismissed as well as the complaints by two attorneys. Impeachment being a highly political proceeding the outcome is almost always foreseeable. Whichever party has majority in the House has control of most of the commitees where decisions are made as to which issues reach the floor for house debate. In impeachment the distinction between form and substance is a distinction between an almost ripe mango and a ripe mango, you can eat them both if you want or you can trash them in one fell swoop...as long as you are the majority. If you're a reasonable congressman with a modicum of learning you would know right away whether or not a complaint is sufficiently well pleaded and conclude the document to be compliant or not in form and substance. If you're a congressman with ten Phd's under your belt and you're in the minority, your reading and conclusion is only as good as the first one. But even if you only reached third grade and a huweteng kubrador in your previous life your reading of an impeachment complaint can take the nature of a law as long as you're in the majority. It sounds and looks unseemly but it sure is the truth. Impeachment is raw politics and a numbers game where truth is defined as whatever the majority decides it to be. I'm almost tempted to conclude along with The Warrior Lawyer that the majority will shot down the main complaint. But I believe in miracles despite of what I have previously said. I hope the majority can gather enough pluck to spring a November surprise. If not, well, I'll just take it to mean that nature took its course. Its not surprising that the Intervention has been dismissed as well as the complaints by two attorneys. Impeachment being a highly political proceeding the outcome is almost always foreseeable. Whichever party has majority in the House has control of most of the commitees where decisions are made as to which issues reach the floor for house debate. In impeachment the distinction between form and substance is a distinction between an almost ripe mango and a ripe mango, you can eat them both if you want or you can trash them in one fell swoop…as long as you are the majority. If you’re a reasonable congressman with a modicum of learning you would know right away whether or not a complaint is sufficiently well pleaded and conclude the document to be compliant or not in form and substance. If you’re a congressman with ten Phd’s under your belt and you’re in the minority, your reading and conclusion is only as good as the first one. But even if you only reached third grade and a huweteng kubrador in your previous life your reading of an impeachment complaint can take the nature of a law as long as you’re in the majority. It sounds and looks unseemly but it sure is the truth. Impeachment is raw politics and a numbers game where truth is defined as whatever the majority decides it to be.

I’m almost tempted to conclude along with The Warrior Lawyer that the majority will shot down the main complaint. But I believe in miracles despite of what I have previously said. I hope the majority can gather enough pluck to spring a November surprise. If not, well, I’ll just take it to mean that nature took its course.

]]> By: Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Today's Dose » Tidying up before the big push http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2008/11/18/impeachment-complaint-against-arroyo-sufficient-in-form-but-will-be-shot-down-by-majority/comment-page-1/#comment-38914 Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Today's Dose » Tidying up before the big push Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:02:20 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/?p=1031#comment-38914 [...] I’m going to the House of Representatives to watch ourMotion for Intervention possibly end up buried by the administration majority in the Committee on Justice. There won’t be many of us bloggers there, but we know those among the intervenors unable to [...] [...] I’m going to the House of Representatives to watch ourMotion for Intervention possibly end up buried by the administration majority in the Committee on Justice. There won’t be many of us bloggers there, but we know those among the intervenors unable to [...]

]]> By: Current » Tidying up before the big push http://thewarriorlawyer.com/2008/11/18/impeachment-complaint-against-arroyo-sufficient-in-form-but-will-be-shot-down-by-majority/comment-page-1/#comment-38913 Current » Tidying up before the big push Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:01:36 +0000 http://thewarriorlawyer.com/?p=1031#comment-38913 [...] I’m going to the House of Representatives to watch ourMotion for Intervention possibly end up buried by the administration majority in the Committee on Justice. There won’t be many of us bloggers there, but we know those among the intervenors unable to [...] [...] I’m going to the House of Representatives to watch ourMotion for Intervention possibly end up buried by the administration majority in the Committee on Justice. There won’t be many of us bloggers there, but we know those among the intervenors unable to [...]

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