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HRET
G.R. No. 160261
November 10, 2003
The Committee Report to this effect has not yet been sent to the House in
plenary in accordance with the said Section 3(2) of Article XI of the
Constitution. On the same year, after the House Committee on Justice voted to
dismiss it, the second impeachment complaint was filed and launched with the
Secretary General of the House by Representatives Gilberto C. Teodoro, Jr.
(First District, Tarlac) and Felix William B. Fuentebella (Third District,
Camarines Sur) against Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr., founded on the
alleged results of the legislative inquiry initiated by above-mentioned House
Resolution.
ISSUE:
RULING:
No. The court ruled basing on the Verba Legis of the law. The law is clear
under Art. XI, Sec. 3, pars. (1), (5) & (6) of the Constitution states:
Having concluded that the initiation takes place by the act of filing of the
impeachment complaint and referral to the House Committee on Justice, the
initial action taken thereon, the meaning of Section 3 (5) of Article XI becomes
clear. Once an impeachment complaint has been initiated in the foregoing
manner, another may not be filed against the same official within a one year
period following Article XI, Section 3(5) of the Constitution.