00:00Due to the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, which is scheduled to start in July or the next months,
00:09it is possible that it will be questioned in the Supreme Court.
00:13According to Retired Associate Justice Adolfo Escuna,
00:16there may be no complaint if the Senate does not immediately start the litigation.
00:22J.P. Soriano is on the line.
00:24Before the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is held,
00:32the Senate plans to end the election on May 12,
00:35the election of the winners,
00:38and the State of the Nation address of the President on July 21,
00:41which will also be opened by the 20th Congress.
00:44According to Senate President Cheese Escudero,
00:47but because it may take more than 5 months before the impeachment trial starts,
00:53Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolfo Escuna said,
00:56there may be a complaint in the Supreme Court that the impeachment of the 19th Congress in the Vice President is in vain.
01:03The Supreme Court might say it's too late because you need a new complaint because there's a new House of Representatives
01:12and therefore it's subject to the one-year rule that you cannot file more than one impeachment case.
01:22This will not happen,
01:24it depends on the action of the Senate,
01:26which is the Impeachment Court.
01:28Unless the tribunal has already acquired jurisdiction,
01:32because jurisdiction once acquired is not law.
01:36According to Escudero,
01:38the Senate already has jurisdiction in the impeachment matter.
01:42The Senate already has jurisdiction in that case because we already accepted it.
01:49Whether the court convenes or not,
01:51to receive evidence,
01:53jurisdictional orders will be issued by the Impeachment Court.
01:59That includes an answer,
02:01we already talked about that,
02:03an answer to the accusation
02:05and the request of prosecution.
02:08Some groups already called on President Bongbong Marcos
02:11to call for a special session of the Senate
02:14to start the impeachment trial.
02:17But according to Azguna,
02:19there is no need for a special session
02:21because the Constitution already says that they are supposed to start
02:25the impeachment trial on the 4th of May.
02:29Escudero said earlier that there is no indication as of now
02:32that the President will order them to hold a special session
02:36and they will not request this from the President.
02:40For GMA Integrated News,
02:42JP Soriano,
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