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.
In a forum at the Adamson University held in the wake of the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, Atty. Christian Monsod said there was no need for the President to call for a special session of Congress to make way for the convening of the Senate as an impeachment court.
Further, the constitutional framer said that the legislative break is a “recess that can be terminated” for “something that is very…