The Ontology of Constitutional Office and the Temporal Suspension of Ordinary Jurisdiction: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Procedural Immunity of the Incumbent Vice President
The Ontology of Constitutional Office and the Temporal Suspension of Ordinary Jurisdiction: A Philosophical Inquiry into the Procedural Immunity of the Incumbent Vice President Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ August 15, 2026 The filing of a criminal Information against an incumbent Vice President confronts the juridical order with a fundamental question concerning the nature of constitutional office itself. It is not merely a procedural skirmish over venue or jurisdiction; it is an ontological confrontation between two distinct modes of accountability—one ordinary and judicial, the other extraordinary and political—whose simultaneous operation would dissolve the hierarchical architecture upon which the 1987 Constitution rests. The claim that criminal prosecution cannot presently proceed against Sara Duterte while she sits as Vice President is therefore not a technical legalism but the necessary consequence of a deeper constitutional philosophy: that the impeachable officer, during the te...