MANILA, Philippines—The dismissal of the impeachment complaint “affirms the baselessness of the grounds raised. It is an act powerfully speaks for itself,” Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said in a statement.
Leonen also lauded the House of Representatives for refusing “to be used to debase and degrade sacred constitutional processes for unworthy ends.”
“It is also a leadership that seeks to focus on the gravest threats that we face today, provide succor to the suffering multitudes of our people, and in the process find ways and means to heal our needless divisions,” Leonen said.
With a unanimous vote of 44-0, the committee members and ex-officio members dism…
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