Manila, July 26 -- Several senators on Monday urged the Supreme Court (SC) to reconsider its ruling to stop the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, which the High Court said was due to a technicality.
In a joint statement, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros and Bam Aquino called on the SC to "reconsider and apply two principles it has long upheld", citing "the Fairness Principle -- that retroactive application of new legal interpretations should not harm those who relied in good faith on old ones", and "the Doctrine of Operative Facts -- that actions already taken under a prior, valid interpretation should be recognized as legally effective."
"We respectfully disagree with the Supreme Court's ruling that halted the...