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An impeached official, like

former Chief Justice Corona,

cannot be deprived of his

retirement benefits on the sole

ground of his removal. Such

forfeiture could have been

imposed upon criminal

conviction which, however, was

pre-empted by his death.

Viewing it from another angle, a

judgment of liability in a

separate legal proceeding is a

resolutory condition after a

verdict of ouster by

impeachment has been

rendered, in that the

impeached official retains all