‘Bawal sa kulungan ang gadget’: Jinggoy Estrada can’t take part in Sara Duterte trial – Joel Chua

Manila third District Rep. Joel Chua is against Senator Jinggoy Estrada serving as senator-judge within the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

In an interview on Bilyonaryo News Channel’s At The Forefront, Chua argued that members of the impeachment court docket should have no authorized obstacle, noting that detention prevents an official from performing authorities duties.

“My position is all the members need to have no legal impediment,” Chua mentioned.

He cited People v. Maceda, arguing that officers underneath preventive detention or serving sentence can’t carry out official features or maintain workplace whereas detained. He additionally referred to Trillanes v. Pimentel, which upheld restrictions on detained officers finishing up legislative duties.

“In the case of People v. Maceda, it says all prisoners, whether you are under preventive detention or you are serving final judgment, you cannot perform your duty as such and you cannot hold your office whether you are elective or appointive official while under detention,” he mentioned.

Chua mentioned detention successfully leads to computerized suspension from workplace, making it unimaginable for Estrada to take part in impeachment proceedings.

Chua additionally questioned Estrada’s declare that he may nonetheless take part within the impeachment proceedings, noting that digital voting isn’t allowed and detainees are prohibited from utilizing devices.

“Paano sa anong paraan? Hindi naman allowed ang electronic voting. Paano siya boboto sa gadget? Bawal sa kulungan ang gadget,” he mentioned.

Chua added that permitting detained officers to take part would create severe sensible and authorized issues, particularly if prolonged to others in comparable state of affairs

Estrada has earlier maintained that he can nonetheless function senator-judge, saying no remaining court docket ruling has stripped him of his authority and that stopping him from taking part would violate due course of.