Vice President Jejomar Binay’s claims of immunity will face legal obstacles as constitutionalists say he is not immune from suit. Former Supreme Court justice and constitutionalist Vicente Mendoza said the Vice President does not enjoy immunity because the alleged corrupt acts he committed were done before he became vice president and because he is unlike the president who has “multifarious duties and powers”. Fr Joaquin Bernas SJ, one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution also said the Constitution “doesn’t say he is immune”. He earlier wrote that unlike the 1973 Constitution, the 1987 Constitution is not explicit on executive immunity.
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