Impeachment

Press Briefing by Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte: On the Department of Interior and Local Government’s award to the  municipalities with good housekeeping, the Lower House vote on the Ombudsman’s impeachment, the postponement of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao elections, the Philippine’s take on the United Nations’ possible air strike to Libya, and other topics Press Working Room, 1/F New Executive Building, Malacañang, Manila March 22, 2011; 11:30 hrs. EST DEPUTY...Read Full Story

Photo from David Swanson After Downing Street. Cool, huh?? Progressive Dems (PDA) put impeachment on the table, LITERALLY, at the CA Dem convention last week... Card says - Remember: "We're the Deciders" Impeachment is on the table Investigate and Impeach Cheney and Bush! http://www.davidswanson.org/node/654 By David Swanson Stage set: a dining room at left, an office at right A woman enters the office where the phone is ringing. She answers it. NP: Hello? Why do you ask? Yes, I'm sure. I've...Read Full Story

The resignation of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has relieved the country, the Senate and even the ombudsman herself of the pain and burden of an impeachment trial scheduled to open in May, Senator Chiz Escudero said. Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, said the resignation of Gutierrez now renders the impeachment case lodged against her moot and academic, but clarified that it does not give her immunity either from other suits filed against her by other...Read Full Story

Vermont Senate approves impeachment resolution By Burlington Free Press THANK YOU TO PETE SHUMLIN ... DANG, he's H O T !!!! (of course) And thank you to Jeanette White who co-sponsored with Mr. Shumlin. And she's pretty dang awesome TOO. MONTPELIER -- The Vermont Senate voted 16-9 this morning to urge the state's congressional delegation to initiate impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The vote came quietly in the Senate chamber, with no...Read Full Story

Statement of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda: On the approval of the Articles of Impeachment against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez by the House of Representatives on March 22, 2011 [Released on March 22, 2011] The House of Representatives made history tonight, by approving the Articles of Impeachment against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez . By doing so, the House has put an end to the long era of impunity that tarnished our institutions and made a mockery of the bedrock principle of...Read Full Story