Collective memory was stirred by the protracted “debate” that occurred in the Senate on June 9 and 10 before it was finally convened as an impeachment court that subsequently voted 18-5 to remand the complaint against the impeached Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives. The result? Nuggets of contemporary history emerging dusty...
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Senate move to send back impeachment complaint fuels protests anew
Various organizations took to the streets after the Senate voted to return the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives, a motion that demonstrators and constitutional experts contend is unconstitutional. While the Senate maintains it is seeking clarification, the move has fueled speculation of a deliberate attempt to defer...
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Senators are taking ‘baby steps’ toward trying the Vice President–De Lima
Senate President Francis Escudero took his oath as presiding officer of the impeachment court on Monday night, in what Representative-elect Leila de Lima called “baby steps” toward finally hearing the complaint against impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. On Sen. Joel Villanueva’s motions, Escudero was sworn in by Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr., and the senators...
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‘Litisin’: The Senate is called to stop stalling and put Sara Duterte on trial
Last week Sen. Imee Marcos was filmed telling reporters that in the Senate, not only the “maka-Duterte” camp but also others outside it share the stance of her colleague, Sen. Bato dela Rosa, that the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte should be dismissed. In fact, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s elder sister was heard...
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Bato’s draft resolution seeking junking of impeachment case is ‘unconstitutional, absurd, ridiculous’
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...
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Vice President Sara Duterte is impeached
The House of Representatives impeached Vice President Sara Duterte and immediately transmitted the complaint to the Senate on Wednesday, the last session day of Congress before it takes a four-month-long break for the midterm campaign and elections in May. “This complaint unmasks Sara Zimmerman Duterte, Vice President of the Republic, for what she truly is. She has...
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Interregnum
Three impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte are pending in the House of Representatives, filed respectively by members of civic organizations, activist groups, and a coalition of priests and lawyers. A fourth complaint is reported to be in the works. The first two complaints were filed with the expectation that action would be taken...
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Tying up loose ends, or more unraveling in 2025?
We can see more clearly the cycle of renewal and rebirth whenever the holiday season comes and the new year approaches. We want to leave our old selves behind and become better in our collective and individual lives in the new year. As an economy, we want greater wealth and productivity. As a government, we...
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VP’s impeachment can be quick ‘if House wants to’
If it wants to, the House of Representatives can impeach Vice President Sara Duterte anytime over her alleged misuse of confidential funds because the evidence is in its possession, lawyer and former lawmaker Neri Colmenares said on Saturday. “They can’t say our evidence is lacking. The evidence came from them,’’ Colmenares said in reference to...
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Impeaching the VP is ‘the right thing to do’
Filing an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte is “the right thing to do,” according to former senator Leila de Lima, spokesperson of the 16 individuals who filed the complaint at the House of Representatives on Monday. The last straw for Francis Joseph Aquino Dee was Duterte’s profanity-laden rant late last month that she...