Puno: Constitution’s ⅔ vote is flexible depending on certain factors

MANILA, Philippines — Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno asserted on Wednesday that the 1987 Constitution’s provision on the number of votes required to convict an impeachable officer is flexible, “depending on certain factors.” Puno, acting as an amicus curiae (friend of the court), expressed his views to the Senate impeachment court as it