Editing Impeachment (section)

=== Philippines===

{{main|Impeachment in the Philippines}}

Impeachment in the Philippines follows procedures similar to the [[United States]]. Under Sections{{nbsp}}2 and 3, Article XI, [[Constitution of the Philippines]], the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] has the exclusive power to initiate all cases of impeachment against the [[President of the Philippines|president]], [[Vice President of the Philippines|vice president]], members of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]], members of the Constitutional Commissions ([[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Commission on Elections]], [[Civil Service Commission (Philippines)|Civil Service Commission]] and the [[Commission on Audit (Philippines)|Commission on Audit]]), and the [[Philippine Ombudsman|ombudsman]]. When a third of its membership has endorsed [[Article of impeachment|article(s) of impeachment]], it is then transmitted to the [[Senate of the Philippines]] which tries and decide, as impeachment tribunal, the impeachment case.<ref name="Article XI">{{cite web|url= http://www.chanrobles.com/article11.htm|title= The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines – Article XI|access-date= 2008-07-25|author= Chan-Robles Virtual Law Library|archive-date= 11 June 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110611043822/http://www.chanrobles.com/article11.htm|url-status= live}}</ref>

A main difference from U.S. proceedings, however, is that only one third of House members are required to approve the motion to impeach the president (as opposed to a simple majority of those present and voting in their U.S. counterpart). In the Senate, selected members of the House of Representatives act as the prosecutors and the senators act as judges with the Senate president presiding over the proceedings (the chief justice jointly presides with the Senate president if the president is on trial). Like the United States, to convict the official in question requires that a minimum of two thirds (i.e. 16 of 24 members) of all the members of the Senate vote in favor of conviction. If an impeachment attempt is unsuccessful or the official is acquitted, no new cases can be filed against that impeachable official for at least one full year.