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Practice question: Power of Impeachment

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A complainant calls every government official impeachable because public office is a public trust. Explain why the accountability principle does not eliminate Article XI’s office-specific limitation.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article XI, Sections 1–2.

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