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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. Duterte addressed the impeachment case filed against her by Congress, and also assured the public that her office would cooperate with the legal process while continuing to prioritize government programs and services. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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RG Cruz

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174961129344820250610-senate-plenary-session-SPRIB5.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senators during the plenary session on Monday, June 9, 2025. Voltaire F. Domingo, Senate Social Media Unit/ Joseph B. Vidal, OSP</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s office said it received Wednesday the Senate impeachment court&#x27;s writ of summons ordering her to respond within 10 days of receipt to the articles of impeachment transmitted by the House of Representatives. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/10/sara-duterte-impeachment-trial-in-limbo-after-senate-returns-case-to-house-expert-0727">House can reject Duterte impeachment case sent back by Senate: expert</a></div><p>The impeachment court also commanded Duterte to appear before them on a date to be announced by the presiding officer.</p><p>&quot;You the said Vice President, are likewise hereby summoned to appear before the Senate of the Philippines... and then and there to abide by, obey, and perform such orders, directions and judgments as the Senate sitting as an impeachment court shall make in the premises according to the Constitution and laws of the Philippines,&quot; it read.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/10/sara-duterte-impeachment-trial-in-limbo-after-senate-returns-case-to-house-expert-0727">Sara Duterte impeachment trial ‘in limbo’ after Senate returns case to House: expert</a></div><p>The Office of the Vice President confirmed receipt of the summons at around 11:05 a.m. </p><p>The summons was signed by Senate President Francis Escudero as presiding officer.</p><p>Escudero signed an order for Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Lt. Gen. Roberto Ancan to serve the summons to Duterte and report back in 3 days.</p><p>Ancan was also tasked to serve to the House of Representatives the order it issued on Tuesday night returning the impeachment articles to the House for them to certify that it did not violate the constitutional limit to one impeachment proceeding per official per year.  </p><p>It also ordered the House of the 20th Congress to communicate that it will pursue the case in the 20th Congress.</p><p>Separately, Escudero wrote Speaker Martin Romualdez to cancel the appearance of the congressmen prosecutor tasked to appear in what should have been the first hearing of the impeachment court Wednesday afternoon for the presentation of the articles, as it had been mooted by the events of Tuesday night.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><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/TRheirR6ab0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>The impeachment court also commands Duterte to appear before them on a date to be announced by the presiding officer.</p>

The impeachment court also commands Duterte to appear before them on a date to be announced by the presiding officer.

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Sara Duterte's office receives summons from Senate impeachment court

RG Cruz,

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Published Jun 11, 2025 11:17 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 11, 2025 11:35 AM PHT

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