Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Monday, June 9, filed a resolution to declare as terminated the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio.
Robin Padilla files reso declaring VP Duterte's impeachment raps 'terminated'
By Dhel Nazario
In Senate Resolution 1371, Padilla noted the 19th Congress will adjourn sine die on Friday, June 13, and with this, "all pending matters and proceedings shall terminate upon the expiration of one (1) Congress."
"The Articles of Impeachment against Vice-President Sara Zimmerman Duterte is one such pending matter, and the consideration thereof is one such pending proceeding," he said.
"From all the foregoing, it is indubitably clear that the matter of the Articles of Impeachment against Vice-President Sara Zimmerman Duterte and its consideration by the present Senate cannot be fully accomplished by the expiration of the Nineteenth Congress on 30 June 2025, thereby resulting in its termination," he added.
Because of this, he said the articles of impeachment against the Vice President transmitted by the House to the Senate last Feb. 5 should be "declared as terminated" in accordance with Rule XLIV of the Rules of the Senate.
The resolution also directed the Senate secretary to inform the House and the Vice President accordingly.