Even the tenure of the President and the Vice President — the country’s two highest elected officials — and not just of those in the judiciary can be challenged through a quo warranto petition, according to the Supreme Court. ADVERTISEMENTIn fact, the tribunal said even the PET recognized quo warranto petition as an available option in ousting a President and Vice President who had already been declared winners in the elections. To permit this quo warranto petition to remove an incumbent member of this court is to violate the Constitution,” he stressed. After all, a quo warranto petition is predicated on grounds distinct from those of impeachment,” they said. “I can fully say that in the history of the Supreme Court, the decision on the quo warranto [petition] could be recorded as the most foolish,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 13, 2018 23:26 UTC