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Imee backs post-SONA Sara Duterte impeachment trial
Senator Imee Marcos stated that an impeachment trial for Vice President Sara Duterte is not urgent, citing the House of Representatives' delay in transmitting the case to the Senate.
The Senate agreed to postpone the trial until July, after the midterm elections.
Marcos highlighted that the House took two years to hear the case and an additional two months before sending it to the Senate on February 5, just before Congress went on recess.
She questioned the urgency given these significant delays from the lower chamber and the timing of the transmittal.
Senate President Francis Escudero confirmed the Senate would tackle the matter only after Congress resumes session on June 2.
Despite these statements, some congressmen and sectors are calling for an immediate Senate impeachment court, even suggesting a special session.
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Senate President Francis Escudero stated that Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial will likely commence in the 20th Congress after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s State of the Nation Address.
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III is pushing for the Senate to convene an impeachment trial for Vice President Sara Duterte in March.
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A lawyer, Catalino Aldea Generillo Jr., has petitioned the Supreme Court to compel the Senate to immediately convene as an impeachment court and begin the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
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Senate President Francis Escudero confirmed the Senate has no plans to call for a special session for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, stating it is illegal to do so.
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Twenty-nine Mindanao lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to halt the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, arguing the complaint is constitutionally deficient and violates due process.
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