Ignorance of the constitution is not impeachable - Fr. Joaquin Bernas That maybe is true: ignorance of the constitution by the president of the Philippines, no matter how repugnant that thought may be, is not actually impeachable. How about ignorance of Art. 220 of the Revised Penal Code, which stipulates that spending public funds without authority of law, or without an appropriation by Congress, is a violation of the law? NOYNOY AQUINO and BUTCH ABAD violated this law, which led to plunder-level corruption. Article 220 of the Revised Penal Code: “Illegal use of public funds or property---Any public officer who shall apply any public fund or property under his administration to any public use other than that for which such fund or property were appropriated by law or ordinance shall suffer the penalty of prision correctional in its minimum period or a fine ranging from one-half to the total of the sum misapplied, if by reason of such misapplication, any damages or embarrassment shall have resulted to the public service. “In either case, the offender shall also suffer the penalty of temporary special disqualification. If no damage or embarrassment to the public service has resulted, the penalty shall be a fine of 5 to 50% of the sum misapplied.“
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:45:55 +0000
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