{"id":4136,"date":"2026-02-19T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/?p=4136"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:32:00","slug":"1987-constitution-dapat-sundin-ng-pamahalaan-sa-kaso-ng-icc-lacson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/1987-constitution-dapat-sundin-ng-pamahalaan-sa-kaso-ng-icc-lacson\/","title":{"rendered":"1987 CONSTITUTION DAPAT SUNDIN NG PAMAHALAAN SA KASO NG ICC \u2013 Lacson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Ni Ernie Reyes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ang pagtalima sa ating Konstitusyon ang dapat mangibabaw sa lahat ng konsiderasyon \u2014 kabilang ang katapatan sa kasamahan \u2014 sa tugon ng pamahalaan sa ilang sakdal ng International Criminal Court (ICC) laban kina Senador Ronald &#8220;Bato&#8221; dela Rosa at Christopher Lawrence &#8220;Bong&#8221; Go, ayon kay Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo &#8220;Ping&#8221; M. Lacson nitong Martes.<br><br>Diin ni Lacson, walang mawawalang moral ascendancy ang Senado hangga\u2019t sumusunod ito sa Saligang Batas \u2014 partikular na sa mga probisyon tungkol sa immunity from arrest sa ilalim ng Art. VI, Sec. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RoadNews-official-photo-format-2026-02-19T203108.241.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RoadNews-official-photo-format-2026-02-19T203108.241.png 940w, https:\/\/roadnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RoadNews-official-photo-format-2026-02-19T203108.241-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/roadnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RoadNews-official-photo-format-2026-02-19T203108.241-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If we violate the law of the land, yan ang walang patawad, wala tayong pag-uusapan. We are complying with the provision of the Constitution, which is the fundamental law of the land. Maliwanag na may immunity from arrest \u2026 pag ang penalty is six years and below, and Congress is in session. Wala tayong moral ascendancy na nawawala kapag nag-follow tayo ng Constitution,&#8221; aniya sa isang panayam sa One News.<br><br>Sa ilalim ng Art. VI, Sec. 11 ng Konstitusyon, &#8220;(a) Senator or Member of the House of Representatives shall, in all offenses punishable by not more than six years imprisonment, be privileged from arrest while the Congress is in session. No Member shall be questioned nor be held liable in any other place for any speech or debate in the Congress or in any committee thereof.&#8221;<br><br>Matatandaang tinukoy ng ICC sina Go at dela Rosa bilang mga &#8220;co-perpetrators&#8221; ng dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa madugong kampanya laban sa ilegal na droga noong nakaraang administrasyon.<br><br>Ani Lacson, hindi pa malinaw sa ngayon kung pasok sina Go at dela Rosa sa immunity from arrest, dahil ang confirmation of charges hearing ng ICC para sa dating Pangulo ay nakatakda pa sa Peb. 23 hanggang 27.<br><br>Hanggang hindi natatapos ang nasabing pagdinig, hindi pa aniya tiyak kung ang kakaharaping parusa nina Go at dela Rosa ay pagkakabilanggo na \u201csix years and below.\u201d Kung mangyari ito, aniya, &#8220;pwedeng ma-invoke ang ating Constitution. Hindi lang batas yan, Constitution yan.&#8221;<br><br>Bukod dito, ipinaliwanag ni Lacson na bagama&#8217;t wala pang malinaw na depinisyon sa kasalukuyan, ang probisyon ng Konstitusyon tungkol sa &#8220;in session&#8221; ay maaaring bigyang-kahulugan na ang immunity from arrest ay mawawalan na ng bisa kapag nag-adjourn sine die ang unang regular na sesyon sa Hunyo 6.<br><br>Samantala, sinagot ni Lacson ang mga alegasyon ng pagkampi. Binigyang-diin niya na ang isang politiko na &#8220;selfish&#8221; o &#8220;praktikal&#8221; ay maaaring matuwa pa sa pagkawala nina Go at dela Rosa sa Senado upang lalong patatagin ang liderato ni Senate President Vicente Sotto III.<br><br>&#8220;For practical reasons at hindi Constitution ang pinaguusapan, kung selfish reasons, mas gusto kong mabawasan ang minority para ma-secure ang leadership ni Senate President Vicente Sotto III, but that\u2019s not what I\u2019m fighting for. It\u2019s the Constitution, based on consultation with legal experts,&#8221; pahayag niya.<br><br>Binasag din ni Lacson ang mga kritisismo ng ilang &#8220;abogado&#8221; tungkol sa kaniyang paninindigan para sa Konstitusyon, na ayon sa kaniya ay dumaan sa masusing konsultasyon.<br><br>&#8220;For the record, before I put forward a legal opinion during media interviews or committee hearings, I do it in consultation with legal experts, even retired SC justices on the subject matter for discussion. This way, I trust that I\u2019m talking more sense than ordinary lawyers,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iampinglacson\/status\/2023642171287695672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saad niya sa isang post sa X<\/a>.<br><br>Muli rin niyang binigyang-diin na ang Korte Suprema ang huling hahatol sa usaping ito.<br><br>&#8220;I\u2019m not saying I&#8217;m correct but I will not concede na tama (ang) any other lawyer. Hindi pa nag-rule ang Supreme Court. Hindi ko sinasabing tama ako di ko concede tama sila kasi wala pang legal precedent,&#8221; dagdag pa niya.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ni Ernie Reyes Ang pagtalima sa ating Konstitusyon ang dapat mangibabaw sa lahat ng konsiderasyon&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bansa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/author\/ldjtkwtu\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/category\/bansa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">BANSA<\/a>","tag_info":"BANSA","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4138,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4136\/revisions\/4138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}