Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment complaint endorsers call on the Senate and Senate President Chiz Escudero to proceed with her trial.
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00:01Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment complaint endorsers call on the Senate and Senate President Chief Escudero to proceed with her trial.
00:09This after Escudero moved the reading of the Articles of Impeachment from June 2 to June 11, citing the need to tackle priority measures before Congress adjourned Sine Die.
00:19Five out of the six lawmakers who first endorsed impeachment complaints against Duterte in December asked what is stopping the Senate from proceeding with Duterte's trial.
00:28With the Senate resuming session on Monday, June 2, the question of the impeachment trial's extension from the 19th to the 20th Congress intensifies.
00:37Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino asserts the Senate should no longer proceed with the trial due to constitutional limits.
00:44Only 12 senators remain after each election, insufficient to form a quorum. Thus, we cannot carry unfinished proceedings into the next Congress.
00:57Meantime, Opposition Senator Risa Ontiveros and Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel say the Constitution does not prohibit impeachment crossover to the next Congress.
01:07The 20th Congress will open on July 28.
01:10It can decide whether or not to convene as an impeachment court and proceed with the trial by simply adopting the rules of the previous Congress.
01:18Senate Majority Leader Joe Pimentel said her mantle will follow the Constitution of Donald Reese.
01:19Do not behave in the horas less than a Lateran after the amendment of the Congress.