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[ferrywoman]

The Philippines, for the first time today, actually completed an impeachment trial successfully convicted a high-ranking public official and removed him from Office. Renato Corona has the sole honour of being called "former Chief Justice of the Philippines" - via impeachment. The senator-judges voted 20-3 in favour of conviction and found the

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[jonjonxd]

interesting. I don't know the specifics behind Phillipino politics...but interesting nonetheless

[angkat114]

I always thought that this is a popularity trial. It doesn't matter if he is guilty or not, he will be the scapegoat.

But since I was never interested in it and never watched a single episode of the impeachment, I can be totally wrong. Heh.