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Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference, February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Job Manahan

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><br/><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173917689650820220207-vp-duterte-presscon-impeachment-MT-17.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference, February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA – Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial may start after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July this year, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Monday.</p><p>In a press conference, Escudero said the trial might start during the 20th Congress.</p><p>“Most likely when the new Congress already enters into its function. That means after the SONA. SONA, I think, is on July 21. So the trial will commence after that date,” Escudero said. </p><p>He said senators “have a lot to do” even before they start to convene as an impeachment court. </p><p>“Ang unang-unang gagawin pagkatapos ng rules, magpapadala ng summons ang nasasakdal. Sampung araw para sumagot kung hindi siya hihingi ng extension, kung humingi ng extension malamang pagbibigyan naman yun ng isa,” he said.</p><p>“Pagkatapos nun, 10 araw din para magsumite ng reply. Baka humingi ng extension, pagkatapos nun baka humingi ang nasasakdal na magsumite ng rejoinder. Karapatan niya yun,” he added. </p><div><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WtuN9HXIrco" title="Lawyer questions &#x27;process&#x27; taken by Congress to impeach VP Sara Duterte | TeleRadyo Serbisyo" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The House of Representatives impeached Duterte last Wednesday, with 215 members supporting a fourth complaint against the Vice President and another 25 later <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/7/house-25-lawmakers-sign-forms-to-join-impeachment-complaint-vs-sara-duterte-1430">adding their signatures </a>to the articles of impeachment.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/10/special-session-for-impeachment-not-in-the-constitution-chiz-1317">No plans to call special session for VP Sara&#x27;s impeachment, says Escudero</a></div><p>However, the Senate adjourned its plenary session until June 2 without acting on the complaint.</p><p>The Senate is due to rule on whether to remove her from office. If convicted in the Senate trial, she would be barred from running for future public office, something that could be avoided should she step down in advance. </p><div><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KPsNJTU0ATg" title="Sara Duterte breaks silence on impeachment: &#x27;God save the Philippines&#x27; | Full statement and Q&amp;A" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Escudero reiterated that the Senate would not request for a special session with the President to hold the impeachment trial.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/9/senate-can-convene-start-vp-sara-duterte-trial-if-there-s-a-will-carpio-1225">Senate can convene, start VP Sara Duterte trial &#x27;if there&#x27;s a will&#x27; — Carpio</a></div><p>Meanwhile, Duterte said a potential 2028 run for president, the office once held by her father Rodrigo Duterte, remained firmly on the table.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/7/impeached-sara-duterte-won-t-rule-out-presidential-run-1345">Impeached Sara Duterte won&#x27;t rule out presidential run</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/7/what-rodrigo-duterte-told-daughter-vp-sara-after-her-impeachment-1406">How Rodrigo Duterte reacted to daughter VP Sara&#x27;s impeachment</a></div><p>The younger Duterte on Wednesday was impeached for &quot;violation of the constitution, betrayal of public trust, graft and corruption, and other high crimes&quot;.</p><p>Accusations spelled out in the 44-page document include an alleged plot to assassinate the President, First Lady Liza Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, a Marcos cousin.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/7/why-sandro-marcos-signed-sara-duterte-impeachment-complaint-2229">Why Sandro Marcos signed Sara Duterte impeachment complaint</a></div><p>On Friday, the vice president once again said comments taken from an expletive-filled speech where she claimed herself to be the subject of a plot had been taken out of context.</p><p>&quot;I didn&#x27;t make an assassination threat to the president. They are the only ones saying that,&quot; Duterte said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/8/house-members-dispute-vp-sara-s-denial-of-threatening-marcos-family-1249">House members dispute VP Sara&#x27;s denial of threatening Marcos, family</a></div><p>A day earlier, President Marcos said he had played no role in Duterte&#x27;s impeachment process.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/2/9/duterte-supporters-gather-for-rally-candle-lighting-for-vp-sara-0032">Duterte supporters gather for rally, candle-lighting for VP Sara</a> </div><div><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fN_pO-Eif_M" title="Marcos denies involvement in impeachment of VP Sara Duterte | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse<br/></strong></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial may start after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July this year, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Monday. </p>

Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial may start after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July this year, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Monday.

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VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial may start after Marcos Jr.'s SONA: Escudero

Job Manahan,

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Published February 10, 2025 04:47 PM PHT

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Updated February 10, 2025 04:51 PM PHT

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