One of the great lessons the 2000-2001 impeachment trial of then President Joseph Estrada imparted was that impeachment is basically political, and that whoever

Of the four likely presidential candidates in 2004, we have so far heard a clear, consistent expression of opposition to the impeachment of Chief Justice Hilario Davide only from Raul Roco.

Fernando Poe Jr. and Panfilo Lacson have both kept their mouths shut. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo first hemmed and hawed and claimed neutrality when the articles of impeachment passed the house last week.
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