The Sandiganbayan is the present anti-graft court mandated to continue functioning and exercising its jurisdiction against corrupt officials.
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The independent Office of the Ombudsman, headed by the Tanodbayan, was created to protect the people from government abuses.
The Office includes one overall Deputy, regional Deputies for Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, and a possible military Deputy.
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The Ombudsman appoints all officials and employees of the Office, other than the Deputies, according to Civil Service Law.
Impeachment proceedings cannot be initiated against the same official more than once within a period of one year.
The Senate holds the sole power to try and decide all cases of impeachment, with Senators acting under oath or affirmation.
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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Senate during the President’s impeachment trial but cannot vote.
Conviction in an impeachment trial requires the concurrence of at least two-thirds of all the Members of the Senate.
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Impeachment judgments are limited strictly to removal from office and permanent disqualification from holding any public office.
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A convicted official remains fully liable and subject to standard criminal prosecution, trial, and punishment under ordinary law.
