Impeachment trial a self-executory mandate of Senate, says Charter author
The trial of an impeached official is a special and "self-executory" mandate that the 1987 Constitution gave the Senate and is not covered by constitutional provisions on its functions as a lawmaking body, one of the authors of the country's fundamental law said on Friday.


The trial of an impeached official is a special and "self-executory" mandate that the 1987 Constitution gave the Senate and is not covered by constitutional provisions on its functions as a lawmaking body, one of the authors of the country's fundamental law said on Friday.