No party dominated the pre-trial conference of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate Secretary Renato Bantug clarified on Monday, June 22. Bantug, who serves as clerk of court in the impeachment trial of the Vice President, told reporters before the resumption of the...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson proposed on Sunday, June 14 a mechanism that would allow senators who are detained to participate in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Lacson said that while the composition of the Senate is the same as that of the Impeachment Court, the...
Acting Senate President and Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian affirmed on Wednesday, June 10 that 16 votes are still needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in the impeachment trial. Gatchalian said the 16 votes, or two-thirds vote, is a constitutional mandate and unaffected by...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, June 8 asserted he is the legal Senate President and therefore, will be the presiding officer in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. Cayetano, in a hastily called press briefing, said he has to assert his standing as the Senate impeachment...
Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, June 4 said he will be acting as the presiding officer of the impeachment court for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Gatchalian confirmed this during a press briefing at the Senate, a day after the new majority bloc amended the rules...
A day after the Senate convened as an impeachment court, Senator Panfilo ”Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, May 19 urged the public to remain vigilant as members of the Senate starts tackling the case of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio. Lacson said the Senate convening as an impeachment court is a...
For Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, acting “forthwith” on the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte means proceeding the day after the Senate receives it. "Sa akin ang forthwith the following day (For me, forthwith means the following day)," he said in an...
The Senate is financially capable to hold the possible impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should it be transmitted finally to the Upper Chamber, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. According to Lacson, only P500,000 had been spent out of a P27-million...
The impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte are increasingly being framed not just as a political battle, but as a defining constitutional test, following a new petition-in-intervention filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Lawyers and Mindanao-based leaders...
