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Senate impeachment court scraps 16-vote threshold to convict Duterte

Convicting Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer require a fixed 16-vote threshold, as the Senate impeachment court ruled on Wednesday, Sept. 23, that the constitutional two-thirds majority applies only to senators eligible to participate.  The ruling, which followed a 13-1 vote with six senators not participating, overturned the 16-vote threshold set by Senate impeachment...