Article 11 Accountability Of Public Officers
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The right, authority, and duty created and conferred by law by which, for a given period either fixed by law or enduring at the pleasure of the appointing power
Public office
The nature of public office
Public trust It is not property It is not a contract
Those officials whose duties not being of a clerical or manual nature, involve the exercise of discretion the performance of the functions of government
Officer
Generally used in reference to person in the public service, it includes any person in the government
Employee
A method of national inquest into the conduct of public men
Impeachment
Who are the impeachable government officials
President and the vice president Members of the Supreme Court Members of the constitutional commissions The ombudsman
What are the grounds of impeachment
Culpable violation of the constitution Treason Bribery Graft and corruption Other high crimes Betrayal of public trust
Willful and intentional breach of the constitution
Culpable violation of the constitution
A crime committed by any person who owing allegiance to the Philippines
Treason
The phrase covers all graft and corrup practices
Graft and corruption
Crimes which like treason and bribery are of so serious and enormous a nature as to affect the very life or orderly workings of the government
Other high crimes
Cover any violation of the oath of office involving loss of popular support even if it may not amount to a criminal offense
Betrayal of public trust
What are the procedures in impeachment cases
Filling of the verified complaint Trial by the senate Requirement for conviction