Word war erupts between senators Chiz Escudero and Tito Sotto.
This is what Senate President Chiz Escudero replied to the remarks of former Senator-elect and former Senate President Vicente Sotto III.
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will happen as scheduled, as Senate President Chiz Escudero has made it clear that they are just following the correct process based on the law. The delay has stirred controversial reactions.
Senator Risa Hontiveros discussed the impeachment trial delay, and several groups are holding a rally outside the Senate urging the senators to fulfill their duty. They are rushing the senators to fulfill their constitutional duty.
However, Escudero is not listening to the rush. He expressed, “I’ve said this from the beginning: Whether someone is for or against the impeachment, whether they support VP Sara or oppose her — I will not listen to them.”
Senator-elect and former Senate President Vicente Sotto III is also seemingly siding with the impeachment of the vice president and the House of Representatives. He claimed that Escudero bushwhacked the impeachment, and the current Senate chief clapped back at the remarks.
He checked the meaning of bushwhack in the dictionary, and found out that it means “attack by surprise from a hidden place,” but her believed otherwise. He said, “Inatake ko ba ang impeachment? Hindi. Sinunod ko ang batas. Surpresa ba? Hindi. Dahil lahat ng ginagawa ko, sinasabi ko muna bago ko gawin. Pangatlo, mula sa tagong lugar, bahagi ng trabaho ko bilang tagapangulo ng Senado at bahagi ng 19th Congress na pagpasyahan ito sang-ayon sa approval o assent ng aming mga kasamahan”
Escudero stated that it was them who were bushwhacked by Sotto. Instead of siding with the institution he belongs to, he went against them. Sotto has been criticizing Escudero’s handling of the impeachment.
Sotto told a group chat with media, “Iyong SP said lahat daw ng kilos nya is by the Senate. Just now, Nancy and Migs said none of them were ever consulted. One thing I never did was lie to the media. There was never a plenary after February 5 that Articles of Impeachment were frozen. June 2 na ulit plenary. Pero ang daming pronouncements in between. Palusot.”
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