What’s next? Defense considers SC challenge

What’s next? Defense considers SC challenge

THE defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte signaled that it may bring to the Supreme Court the issue of the voting threshold in her impeachment trial after the Senate impeachment court voted to adjust the number of votes required to convict her.The development followed Senator-Judge Bam Aquino’s question to both the defense and prosecution on whether they would seek Supreme Court intervention if the impeachment court’s ruling on the require…

Sara Duterte's team may appeal lower impeachment voting threshold to SC

The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte said Wednesday it is mulling over appealing to the Supreme Court the ruling of the Senate impeachment court that lowered the voting threshold to convict her.

Sara mulls SC challenge to impeachment vote threshold

MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s camp is considering taking the Senate impeachment court’s revised conviction threshold to the Supreme Court, insisting that the Constitution requires the concurrence of two-thirds of the entire Senate membership and not merely senators able to participate in the final vote. The warning of a possible judicial challenge came after […]

Impeachment trial, magpapatuloy pa rin kahit hindi siputin ng kampo ni VP Sara Duterte —SP Win Gatchalian

Tiniyak ni Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian na magpapatuloy pa rin ang impeachment trial kay Vice President Sara Duterte kahit hindi dumalo ang mga abogado nito sa paglilitis. Kaugnay ito sa naging pahayag ni lead defense counsel Atty. Shiela Sison na magiging mas maingat na sila ngayon sa paglahok sa paglilitis matapos ang naging botohan tungkol sa voting threshold. Ayon kay Gatchalian, hangga’t mayroon silang quroum ay tuloy lang ang impeac…

ESCUDERO: NO LOWERED IMPEACHMENT CONVICTION LIMIT

Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Chiz Escudero voted no on lowering the conviction threshold in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, reaffirming his July 6 ruling that conviction requires 16 votes under the Constitution. The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, voted 13 in favor, with one negative and six not participating on Senator […]

Erwin Tulfo Clarifies Senate Impeachment Court Maintains 2/3 Voting Threshold

Sen. Erwin Tulfo Speaks on Recent Senate Impeachment Court Ruling over Votes To Convict VP Sara Duterte ERWIN TULFO – The majority Senator clarified that the Senate impeachment court maintains the 2/3 voting threshold. Amid the impeachment trial proceedings, the senator-judges revisited the voting threshold to acquit or convict Vice President Sara Duterte. With 24 ...