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Re: Impeachment Express - Briefly, CJ is right with PNoy admins creeping dictatorial tendencies. His lawyer adviser are riding on popularity, not constitutionality. The impeachment express, while apparently popular, is founded on "the end justifies the means" principle. A public officer who, in the performance of his official duties, does not read and study any document to which he affixes his signature is a virtual mercenary who is guilty of betrayal of the public trust. The basic question, therefore, is: Did the 188 legislators who signed the 57-page complaint for impeachment in 3 1/2 hours actually read and study what they indorsed?  Obviously NOT. Ergo, the proceeding before the Senate is tainted with violation of the respondent's right to fundamental fairness which is the essence of due process of law. - Alan Paguia