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PHILIPPINES: Senate Adjourns, Delaying Duterte's Impeachment Trial Until June

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The Senate adjourned its meeting and went on a four-month recess without discussing the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, with Senate President Francis Escudero signalling that this will likely delay the whole process, as the trial is unlikely to be held during the break.

  • Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr. said that the upper house received the documents halfway through its session and staff did not have enough time to review them and complete the necessary preparatory work.
  • Contrary to suggestions from Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, Escudero said that the Senate is unable to convene for a special meeting in the midst of recess to hold the impeachment trial.
  • Escudero (via Philippine Star): "Legally it cannot be done. Again, as I said, because the impeachment court was not convened, the impeachment complaint was not referred to plenary for there to be a basis to for the impeachment court to be convened."
  • Duterte is the first Vice President to ever face impeachment and awaits trial at the Senate, which will act as an impeachment court. The Congress will only resume its session on June 2 after midterm elections scheduled for May.
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The Senate adjourned its meeting and went on a four-month recess without discussing the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, with Senate President Francis Escudero signalling that this will likely delay the whole process, as the trial is unlikely to be held during the break.

  • Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr. said that the upper house received the documents halfway through its session and staff did not have enough time to review them and complete the necessary preparatory work.
  • Contrary to suggestions from Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, Escudero said that the Senate is unable to convene for a special meeting in the midst of recess to hold the impeachment trial.
  • Escudero (via Philippine Star): "Legally it cannot be done. Again, as I said, because the impeachment court was not convened, the impeachment complaint was not referred to plenary for there to be a basis to for the impeachment court to be convened."
  • Duterte is the first Vice President to ever face impeachment and awaits trial at the Senate, which will act as an impeachment court. The Congress will only resume its session on June 2 after midterm elections scheduled for May.