Former Supreme Court associate justice Adolfo Azcuna warned that the House of Representatives' delay in accepting the remanded articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte could cause the impeachment trial to fail.
Azcuna expressed concern that if the House does not act on the impeachment articles and attach its certification of compliance before the 19th Congress adjourns on June 30, the next Congress will not be obligated to transmit them.
The Senate returned the articles of impeachment to the House for a certification that the filing did not violate the constitutional prohibition against multiple impeachment cases against the same official within a year.
ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo stated that he heard from his colleagues in the 19th Congress that the House will refile the Articles of Impeachment during the 20th Congress.
Incoming senators will assume office at 12 noon of June 30, and Senate President Chiz Escudero asserted that the 19th Congress cannot bind the 20th Congress to conduct the trial.
Eighteen senators, including allies of former President Rodrigo Duterte, voted to return the Articles of Impeachment to the lower chamber, a move constitutionalists and critics deem unconstitutional.
Senate President Chiz Escudero saw no issue with the actions of senators who appeared to favor Vice President Duterte.
The midterm elections appear to have shifted the Senate's willingness to proceed with the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte, with certainty wavering after the polls.
Senate President Escudero postponed the presentation of impeachment articles twice, first citing the need to pass priority legislation and then to the last plenary day before the break.
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