IMPEACHMENT AS A TOOL FOR AUTHORITARIAN POLITICS

With due respect, fairness demands that you cite the constitutional provision permitting quo warranto as a tool for removing impeachable constitutional officials.
The framers of the (lousy) Cory constitution cannot remove from therein a provision that does not exist.

The only constitutional provision specifically sanctioning the removal of constitutional officials is Sec. 2 of Art. XI - Accountability of Public Officials-to wit:

"The President, the Vice-President, the Members of the Supreme Court, the Members of the Constitutional Commissions, and the Ombudsman may be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and corruption, other high crimes, or betrayal of public trust. ALL OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES MAY BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE AS PROVIDED BY LAW, BUT NOT BY IMPEACHMENT"(emphasis supplied for easy reference of the controlling provision which the cabal of 8 justices did not follow in the removal of Sereno.)

This constitutional provision is very clear and emphatic that only the enumerated high officials from the President down to the Ombudsman may be removed by impeachment. All other public officials than those enumerated can be removed by quo warranto. Therefore, by misinterpreting a clear provision needing no construction, the cabal of 8 justices did not follow any law but breached the Constitution, committing a "legal abomination." Merci! (By: cogito728sum - DISQUS)