Constitutional Law

A 396-page judgment gives Atef Najib an immediate appeal and gives the Assad brothers sentences in absentia. The same ruling carries two very different kinds of legal force.

The Supreme Court dismissed two challenges as moot after the House transmitted the impeachment articles against Vice President Sara Duterte. The Senate, already convened as an impeachment court, is now the venue for trial.

The amendment raises penalties and orders states to create special courts for day-to-day trials. Central timelines and machinery fall on state budgets, yet missing the investigation deadline carries no automatic sanction.

The proposal pairs a broad, retrospective eligibility ban with seven-year renewable terms. Two 60% votes stand between the draft and a constitutional candidate filter, and the FSLN already controls the chamber.

Keiko Fujimori became Peru’s first popularly elected woman president after winning by 49,641 votes. Her party enters the restored bicameral Congress as its largest minority.

The Philippine president said cases against former Speaker Martin Romualdez were near filing and reaffirmed the 2016 maritime award. The public record still contains neither a criminal information nor a new operating order.

Public evidence-taking under Rule 129M is frozen while the president’s review proceeds, but preparatory work may continue. The majority saw irreparable harm; the dissent saw an intrusion on Parliament.