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Escudero: NBI complaint vs Sara Duterte has no bearing in impeachment trial
Senate President Chiz Escudero stated that the National Bureau of Investigation's (NBI) filing of criminal cases against Vice President Sara Duterte will not impact the impeachment proceedings in the Senate.
Escudero clarified that the two processes, impeachment and criminal charges, can proceed simultaneously.
He explained that the Senate, acting as an impeachment court, is a passive body and will not collect evidence or summon witnesses for the impeachment proceedings.
The Senate will rely on the prosecution and defense sides to present their respective cases.
The criminal charges against Duterte stem from her alleged statement about hiring someone to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez should she be killed first.
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