The Archive That Refused to Forget: Constitutional Time, Karmic Recursion, and the Unfinished Canvas of Accountability in the Philippine Impeachment of Sara Duterte
The Archive That Refused to Forget: Constitutional Time, Karmic Recursion, and the Unfinished Canvas of Accountability in the Philippine Impeachment of Sara Duterte Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ September 20, 2026 Curatorial Frame In the humid, fluorescent-lit galleries of Philippine political memory—where the air always carries the faint scent of old paper, *balut* steam from street vendors outside the Supreme Court compound, and the residual tension of dynastic feuds—we, as art practitioners and cultural workers, are called to curate not objects but temporal wounds. The premise before us is simple, almost deceptively so, like a minimalist installation that only reveals its violence upon prolonged looking: No, the Supreme Court did not issue a new ruling in September 2026 declaring the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte unconstitutional. The decisive stroke was laid on July 25, 2025; the varnish of finality applied in late January 2026 when t...