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Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Senator-judges on VP Sara impeachment start fitting robes: Cayetano

Victoria Tulad

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:959px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1741935934411555e64d2599ffe2edd63a63adce64023844847a9417e020b828c549113d15f6d.webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Senators have begun fitting impeachment robes to prepare for Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s forthcoming impeachment trial, where they will sit as judges, according to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano.</p><p>Senate Secretary Renato Bantug, Jr. confirmed the fitting, saying coordination with senators to schedule the fitting began “about two weeks ago.” </p><p>He said the robes will be maroon and have the same design as the robes used during the impeachment trial of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.</p><p>Cayetano also bared some of his office&#x27;s preparations on the impeachment trial, including buying &quot;new law books&quot;.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/13/sara-duterte-should-face-impeachment-case-like-father-faced-icc-charges-lawmaker-1813">RELATED: Sara Duterte should face impeachment case like father faced ICC charges: lawmaker</a></div><p>&quot;We are updating doon sa rules ng evidence, [criminal procedure], and then may seminars ongoing,&quot; he said, emphasizing senators who do not have to worry about their re-election campaigns have an advantage on preparations.</p><p>(We are updating ourselves on the rules of evidence and criminal procedure, and there are seminars ongoing)</p><div><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zjM5NNyOizo" title="Senators have started fitting robes for VP Sara impeachment trial, says Alan Peter | ABS CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Vice President Duterte is facing an impeachment case over her alleged threats to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez as well as the supposed misuse of confidential funds.</p><p>Her impeachment trial is seen to start on July 30, or four months from now.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/12/sara-duterte-jets-off-to-the-netherlands-after-dad-rodrigo-over-icc-case-0949">RELATED: Sara Duterte jets off to the Netherlands where dad Rodrigo faces ICC case</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>CLOSE TO HALF IN SURVEY DISAGREE WITH IMPEACHMENT</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>In a survey conducted by Pulse Asia in late February, 92 percent of Filipinos said they are aware of the impeachment case against the Vice President, with most — 45 percent — expressing their disagreement with the House of Representatives&#x27; move to impeach Duterte.</p><p>Of the respondents, 26 percent said they are in favor of Duterte&#x27;s impeachment and 23 percent expressed ambivalence on the issue.</p><p>Another 7 percent were unable to express opinion due to lack of knowledge on the matter.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/26/nearly-half-of-filipinos-disagree-with-house-impeachment-of-vp-sara-duterte-survey-1618">RELATED: Nearly half of Filipinos disagree with House impeachment of VP Sara Duterte — survey</a></div><p>As the Senate is preparing to convene as an impeachment court, the survey found that more Filipinos do not believe the senators can handle the case fairly, the survey suggested.</p><p>More than a third — 35 percent — of respondents said they believe the Senate will not be fair when it hears the impeachment complaint, while 33 percent are ambivalent on the matter.</p><p>On the other hand, 21 percent of Filipinos said the Senate will be fair in handling the case while 11 percent could not give an opinion due to insufficient knowledge.</p><p>The Marcos Jr. administration has supermajority support at the Senate, where only two members are in the minority bloc.</p><p>Senators of the Rodrigo Duterte-led PDP Laban party are also members of the majority.</p>

<p>Senator-judges have begun fitting impeachment robes to prepare for Vice President Sara Duterte's forthcoming impeachment trial, according to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano.</p>

Senator-judges have begun fitting impeachment robes to prepare for Vice President Sara Duterte's forthcoming impeachment trial, according to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano.

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Senators start fitting robes for VP Sara impeachment trial: Cayetano

Ched Rick Gatchalian,

Victoria Tulad,

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Published March 14, 2025 03:28 PM PHT

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Updated March 14, 2025 03:47 PM PHT

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