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Bato’s draft resolution seeking junking of impeachment case is ‘unconstitutional, absurd, ridiculous’
Vice President Sara Duterte and Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa —PHOTO FROM SENATOR DELA ROSA’S FACEBOOK PAGE
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June 6, 2025June 6, 2025Politics

Bato’s draft resolution seeking junking of impeachment case is ‘unconstitutional, absurd, ridiculous’

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Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa’s draft resolution urging his colleagues to junk the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte is unconstitutional and will be challenged in the Supreme Court if it is passed. “It’s unconstitutional, if not absurd and ridiculous,” former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, a prosecutor in the 2012 impeachment trial of...

Senate President Chiz Escudero
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero —PHOTO FROM SEN. ESCUDERO’S FACEBOOK PAGE
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June 4, 2025June 4, 2025Politics

If Escudero does not convene the Senate into an impeachment court, the high court can make him–Drilon

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The Supreme Court can compel Senate President Francis Escudero to convene the chamber into an impeachment court to try Vice President Sara Duterte if he refuses to do so, former senator Franklin Drilon said on Tuesday. Escudero’s postponement of the June 2 presentation of the articles of impeachment to June 11 has triggered speculation that...