Vice President Sara Duterte should just answer the Senate impeachment court’s summons which the body issued to her last week, Senator Risa Hontiveros said. Hontiveros pointed this out after the vice president suggested that she also inhibit if her allies in the Senate would be forced to inhibit...
A total of 16 lawyers will defend Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial, a document shared by the Senate impeachment court showed. A copy of the Appearance – Ad Cautelam, which indicated the formal entry of Duterte’s lawyers, from the Fortun Narvasa & Salazar law firm was shared...
DAVAO CITY – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte has urged the public and political observers to refrain from pushing the inhibition of senator-judges in the upcoming impeachment proceedings based solely on perceived biases for or against her. Speaking in a press briefing following the Pasidungog...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Monday, June 16, that the Senate has full discretion under the Constitution to act as it deems fit in impeachment proceedings. Escudero said this in a press conference in response to former Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio...
The recusal or inhibition of a senator-judge in an impeachment proceeding cannot happen unless the senator is removed officially through an ethics case or disciplinary proceeding conducted the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges. true>false>false>false>Senate President Francis “Chiz”...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, June 16, warned business groups not to use her impending impeachment trial as an excuse for the country’s weak economy and loss of investor confidence. “Kahit nandiyan o wala yung impeachment, wala talagang investor confidence dito sa ating bayan (Whether...
While Malacañang refused to comment if senator-judges are able to preserve the integrity of the impeachment process against Vice President Sara Duterte, it insisted that the public knows who among them are being biased. “Makikita naman ng taumbayan kung sino ba talaga ang biased at hindi at...
Impeachment court spokesperson, lawyer Reginald Tongol clarified on Saturday, June 14, that there was no physical return of the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives. Instead, he described the process as a “constructive referral. In an...
“Swift, reasonable, and dignified.” This was how former Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesman Barry Gutierrez described the House of Representative’s response to the Senate’s remanding of the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement, Gutierrez lauded...
An alliance of business organizations, foreign chambers, and civil society groups is pushing the Senate to act on the impeachment case of Vice President Sara Duterte, ramping up pressure from the private sector to fulfill its constitutional duty. The Justice Reform Initiative (JRI), which advocates...
Recalling what he learned from the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Senator-elect and former Senate president Vicente Sotto III said senator-judges are not allowed to make motions and may only ask for clarifications during an impeachment trial. Sotto made the remark as he described the...
Malacañang said that while President Marcos is open to facilitating a dialogue between the Senate and the House of Representatives, he will not intervene in the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after the Philippine...
