Practice question
In Santiago v. Sandiganbayan, how did the Court distinguish Section 13 of RA 3019 suspension from a House’s constitutional suspension of a Member for disorderly behavior?
- Both are necessarily criminal convictions
- The former is preventive, while the latter is punitive chamber discipline
- The former is expulsion from citizenship
- Both can be imposed only by the Senate President
- The latter is always a court order
Legal references
- Santiago v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 128055, April 18, 2001, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/52070
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 16(3).
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