Michael Henry Ll. Yusingco
Michael Henry Ll. Yusingco
Michael Henry Ll. Yusingco is a constitutionalist, law lecturer, and a senior research fellow of the Ateneo Policy Center.

Impeachment is never a simple accountability mechanism. It is a destabilizing political event.

Public officials occupy positions of power and trust; their actions affect the collective. Public scrutiny comes with the job.

Copying foreign legislation becomes a very poor substitute for confronting difficult domestic problems.

If many Filipinos believe political dynasties are truly harmful, why do they keep electing dynastic candidates?

For some politicians, the impeachment process is a free stage to go strutting on their high horse.

Simply put, lawmakers are solely responsible for getting these necessary reforms done.

For as long as political dynasties control both legislative power and private enterprises, the nation will remain trapped in a cycle of corruption and catastrophe.
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