"In other words, the status quo which is required to be preserved in this case is that government is poised to indict the former president for crimes committed during her office. That Congressman Arroyo was scheduled to leave the country is not “the last peaceable and uncontested status” because precisely her right to leave the country and the validity of the restriction imposed by the Watch List Order is the very lis mota of her petition before the Supreme Court. To allow her to leave and eventually avoid prosecution for her alleged offenses  would destroy or change the status quo rather than preserve it."

"Focusing on this article may be a better bet for the House prosecution panel, since the facts surrounding the case point to a clearer bias in favor of the petitioners. The Supreme Court had immediately granted and issued a TRO, despite inconsistencies in Arroyo's petition and her failure to comply with an essential precondition for issuing the TRO. The issuance also violated internal Supreme Court rules that required five days of hearings as recommended by the ponente. The impeachment complaint asserts that the 'hasty issuance of the TRO was a brazen accommodation to the Arroyos,' pointing to a possible motive of 'personal gain and commitment to his midnight benefactor.' However, the prosecution would further need to prove that it was through Corona's undue influence that the Justices voted to issue the TRO in an eight to five majority."