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Members of the Senate of the Philippines, led by Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 convene as an impeachment court to try the case of Vice President Sara Duterte. Joseph B. Vidal, OSP/Voltaire F. Domingo, Senate Social Media Unit

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PH SENATE- VP Sara IMPEACHMENT CASE

RG Cruz

Vivienne Gulla

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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/175378034990320250611-senate-vp-sara-impeachment-SPRIB3.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Members of the Senate of the Philippines, led by Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 convene as an impeachment court to try the case of Vice President Sara Duterte. Joseph B. Vidal, OSP/Voltaire F. Domingo, Senate Social Media Unit </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Senate President Francis Escudero said Tuesday the Senate agreed to dispose of the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte on August 6.</p><p>Escudero announced this during the plenary session after an all member caucus. </p><p>He attributed the decision to senators’ need for time to study the ruling.</p><p>“For the record, it was agreed in caucus that the matter will be decided upon by the Senate on August 6, 2025, when we open session on that date, in order to afford ample and sufficient time to the members to study the 97-page Supreme Court decision, excluding the concurring and separate opinions filed by five or six additional magistrates of the Supreme Court,&quot; Escudero said.  </p><p>Escudero earlier in the day said he believed the <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/29/escudero-no-need-to-convene-senate-impeachment-court-after-supreme-court-ruling-on-duterte-case-1428">Senate need not convene as an impeachment court again</a> to vote on the Supreme Court ruling.</p><p>&quot;If the Senate will act on it, the Senate should act on it as a Senate in plenary,&quot; he said.</p><p>Escudero has said the Senate should heed the Supreme Court ruling or risk a constitutional crisis.</p><p>&quot;Personally, ang posisyon ko ay bilang abogado ay ito, nagdesisyon ng Korte Suprema. Sang-ayon ka man doon o hindi, dapat ito isundin. Kung hindi, makakaroon tayo ng constitutional crisis at baka tingnan tayo ng mga karatig-bansa natin at ibang tao na isang banana republic kung saan sinusunod lamang natin yung mga gusto natin,&quot; he said.</p><p>The Senate briefly convened an impeachment court last month, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/10/senate-returns-sara-duterte-impeachment-to-house-insists-case-not-junked-2111">only to send the case back to the House of Representatives hours later</a>, questioning its constitutionality.</p><p>Just days before the Senate opened its new session, t<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/25/supreme-court-duterte-impeachment-articles-unconstitutional-1601">he Supreme Court on Friday blocked Duterte&#x27;s impeachment trial</a>, saying it violated a constitutional provision against multiple impeachment proceedings within a single year. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/25/supreme-court-duterte-impeachment-articles-unconstitutional-1601">Supreme Court blocks VP Sara Duterte&#x27;s impeachment trial</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>‘UP TO SENATE’</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><p>Meanwhile, the House of Representatives said the decision on whether to push through with the impeachment trial rested on the Senate.</p><p>But House of Representatives spokesperson Princess Abante asserted that the SC decision was based on “erroneous facts”, which she hoped would be reversed after the chamber files its <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/27/house-to-seek-reversal-of-sc-ruling-on-vp-sara-impeachment-1336">motion for reconsideration.</a></p><p>“It is up to the Senate to perform their duties as mandated by the Constitution,” Abante said.</p><p>“Naniniwala kami na tama at ayon sa batas ang aming naging actions sa impeachment complaint. Kaya nga mag-file pa po kami ng motion for reconsideration and hopefully, ‘pag… napaliwanag nang husto ‘yung mga erroneous facts na pinagbasehan ng Supreme Court sa kanilang desisyon… we are hopeful na maaari pa po mabago ang desisyon ng Supreme Court,” she added.</p><p>The Supreme Court in its decision said that since the three impeachment complaints, which were filed earlier than the fourth, were “effectively terminated and dismissed”, triggering the one-year bar. </p><p>But all four were included in the order of business for plenary consideration on the same day, and Abante said the House acted on the fourth complaint, before it archived the first three.</p><p>“Mali ‘yung pag-rely nila na naaksyunan ang first three complaints after the fourth complaint. Ang position po ng House of Representatives that we abided sa alituntunin ng Constitution, ng rules ng House, at ng prevailing jurisprudence at the time that the House acted on the impeachment complaints. It did not violate the one-year ban for impeachment proceedings, because only one complaint was initiated, only the fourth complaint,” Abante said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/28/hontiveros-aquino-pangilinan-urge-sc-to-reconsider-decision-blocking-vp-duterte-s-impeachment-1541">Hontiveros, Aquino, Pangilinan urge SC to reconsider decision blocking VP Duterte&#x27;s impeachment trial</a></div><p>The House has until August 11 to file a motion for reconsideration, according to Abante.</p><p>The House of Representatives impeached Duterte in early February, charging the vice president with graft, corruption and an alleged assassination plot against one-time ally and former running mate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.</p><p>Duterte’s defense team had argued that a trio of earlier complaints logged against her in the House -- but voted on only at the committee level -- had constituted impeachment proceedings.</p><p>Had the Senate trial proceeded, a conviction was far from certain after a slate of candidates loyal to Duterte outperformed expectations in May&#x27;s mid-term elections, winning five of the 12 open seats and upping her chances for acquittal.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/27/palace-respects-doesn-t-necessarily-agree-with-sc-ruling-on-vp-sara-impeachment-case-1422">Palace respects, doesn&#x27;t necessarily agree with SC ruling on VP Sara impeachment case</a></div><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong> <iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/amfuqIbYMrM" title="Why Bam Aquino wants Senate to proceed with Sara Duterte impeachment trial | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AmQjhk4JVow" title="&#x27;Nakakalungkot&#x27;: House spox on SC ruling vs. Sara Duterte impeachment | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <iframe width="1250" height="703" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SrJN3mPQVao" title="Sandro Marcos reacts to Supreme Court ruling on VP Sara impeachment | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Senate President Francis Escudero said Tuesday the Senate agreed to dispose of the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte on August 6.</p>

Senate President Francis Escudero said Tuesday the Senate agreed to dispose of the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte on August 6.

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Senate to tackle Supreme Court ruling on Duterte impeachment on Aug. 6

RG Cruz,

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Published Jul 29, 2025 05:17 PM PHT

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