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Objection, Your Honor: What Courtroom Objections Really Mean
THE THIRD QUARTER of 2026 started with the Philippines’ most controversial political issue—the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, the first high-ranking official to be impeached twice by the Lower House.
And if you’ve been following the impeachment trial, one thing has become impossible to miss. The three-word lawyer utterance: “Objection, Your Honor.”
During direct examination and cross examination, almost every important question asked by the private prosecutor or the defense counsel seems to be interrupted by the said courtroom...