The impeachment trial in the Senate of the present Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court is currently the focus of attention of Filipinos nowadays. It has drawn opinions and comments in the social media and in the press, TV and the airwaves. This is a proof that Filipinos have become media savvy, as they are participating in large numbers in the drawing up of a majority view.
It can be asserted that the trial will have two results, one being official coming from the decision of the senator-judges. The other result will come from the people who are watching the televised impeachment proceedings and monitoring its developments on the daily basis in online newspapers, TV news broadcasts and the radio reports. The second one is not official and will not have a bearing on the outcome of the trial. However, the people's choice will always linger for years to come. Anyway, it is a conclusion that should never be disregarded. Therefore this is the reality of this trial. Two conclusion will be drawn, and the best result is definitely when the two results are one and the same.
Problem will arise when one result is different from the other. This is a problem in the sense that the issue of whether CJ Corona deserves to be in the Supreme Court still will never be resolved. There will always be mute protests on his ascendancy and continuing stay as Chief Justice. Be that as it may, the democratic process of impeaching a constitutional official has been sustained on this one. Ours is really a country of laws and not of men. We are ruled by rules and procedures and we follow the Constitution. This is much a huge result of this impeachment event. Even though the crescendo of arguments and disagreements continue to occur, it is still the democratic process and the fact that we are a democratic country that will define the legacy of this impeachment trial. We are all the better for it.
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