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'Sino ba ang gusto nilang paligayahin?': Tinio questions Senate's intentions with impeachment case

Published Aug 6, 2025 01:54 pm

At A Glance

  • Who are the senators trying to please? ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio asked this question out in the open during a press conference Wednesday, Aug. 6 a few hours ahead of the Senate's expected dismissal of Vice President Sara Duterte impeachment complaint.
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)


Who are the senators trying to please?
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio asked this question out in the open during a press conference Wednesday, Aug. 6 a few hours ahead of the Senate's expected dismissal of Vice President Sara Duterte impeachment complaint.
"Ang tanong dito, bakit ba nagmamadali sila, bakit ba atat na atat na silang i-dismiss, sino ba ang gusto nilang paligayahin dito? (The question here is, why are they in a rush, why are they so eager to dismiss, who do they want to please here?)" Tinio said with a straight face, referring to the senators.
The 24-member Senate will vote on whether or not to push through with the impeachment case during their session Wednesday.
Pundits believe the chamber will dismiss it on the heels of the Supreme Court's (SC) declaration that the impeachment complaint and consequently the articles of impeachment were unconstitutional.
On top of this is the fact that the Senate is teeming with Duterte family allies.
Under the Constitution, the upper chamber is mandated immediately hold a trial against an impeached officer based on the House-initiated articles of impeachment. No such trial has taken place in the case of the Vice President.
For Tinio, the Senate would be better off waiting on the House's motion for reconsideration (MR) on the SC ruling.
"It would be more prudent for the Senate to just hold off on dismissing the impeachment trial," said the Makabayan lawmaker.
"Wala naman mawawala sa Senado dahil hindi naman nila sisimulan in the first place yung trial (The Senate has nothing to lose because in the first place, they won't start the trial yet)," he said.
Tinio said the Senate will become a laughing stock in case the SC needs the MR and reverses it's ruling on the complaint.
"Paano na kung nabaligtad ang desisyon? Eh di magiging katawa-tawa ngayon ang Senado, you know, babaliktarin din nila ang sarili nila. Buti pa iwasan na lang yun, maghintay na lang tayo. Hintayin natin makumpleto yung buong proseso, maging pinal yung desisyon. Ttsaka sila umakto."
(What if they reverse their decision? The Senate becomes a laughing stock, and they will also reverse what they will do. It's better to just avoid that, let's wait it out. Let's wait for the entire process to finish, for the decision to be final. Then they can act.)
Tinio insists that the fact the House filed an MR shows that the impeachment case "isn't dead".
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