President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte lead the Basic Education Report 2024 at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on January 25, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

Jamaine Punzalan

<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gd7RtZVJZ5w?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/><br/>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said he was &quot;watching&quot; Senate President Francis Escudero&#x27;s moves to ensure the transition of Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s impeachment trial onto the next Congress would be &quot;peaceful.&quot;</div><p>With the 19th Congress ending on June 30, Marcos said it was &quot;very clear&quot; that the impeachment would cross over to the 20th Congress. </p><p>&quot;There is no way that even if they start the trial now, that they will finish it before the new senators come in. So, well, again, the senators will decide,&quot; Marcos told reporters in a chance interview.</p><p>&quot;We are watching, of course, what the Senate President, Chiz Escudero, is doing to try to make it as a peaceful a transition as possible from this Congress to the next,&quot; he said. </p><p>He added that the impeachment trial &quot;is really a function of the Senate right now&quot; and &quot;we leave it to them.”</p><p>Escudero on Monday took his oath as presiding officer of the impeachment court after hours of plenary debate, setting in motion the impeachment trial. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/9/escudero-takes-oath-as-presiding-officer-of-senate-impeachment-court-2120">Escudero takes oath as presiding officer of Senate impeachment court</a></div><p>Senators on Tuesday will take their oath as judges before the Senate convenes as an impeachment court on Wednesday.</p>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said he was "watching" Senate President Francis Escudero's moves to ensure the transition of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial onto the next Congress would be "peaceful."</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said he was "watching" Senate President Francis Escudero's moves to ensure the transition of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial onto the next Congress would be "peaceful."

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Marcos ‘watching’ Escudero on Duterte impeachment trial crossover to 20th Congress

Jamaine Punzalan

Published Jun 10, 2025 09:45 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 10, 2025 11:51 AM PHT

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