Pres. Bongbong Marcos Says VP Sara Duterte Impeachment Process Up to the Senate
BONGBONG MARCOS – The President spoke anew on the impeachment process against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte.
Before the Senate session on Monday, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros announced that the Senate Minority will make a move on the impeachment trial against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. Her statement came amid protests calling for the immediate start of the trial.
According to Hontiveros, she and Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel will move so Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero can take his oath as the presiding officer of the impeachment court in the trial of Duterte. She stressed that she cannot allow the Senate to be the first to not follow the Constitution.
On Monday night, Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero took his oath as presiding officer of the impeachment court in Vice Pres. Sara Duterte’s trial. The upper chamber also adopted the resolution of Sen. Joel Villanueva that all senators will take their oath as senator-judges of the impeachment court.
Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the senators are set to take their oath as senator-judges today prior to the Senate convening as an impeachment court on Wednesday. Amid the recent unexpected turn of events, Pres. Bongbong Marcos spoke on the impeachment trial of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte anew.
Pres. Bongbong Marcos stressed that the impeachment trial is a function of the Senate. According to him, the upper chamber will take charge of it while he assured that he is also watching the process.
“This is really a function of the Senate right now. So, we leave it to them. It has moved already from the House. It has now been in the Senate for a few months. We are watching, of course,” Marcos said.
Based on the report, Pres. Bongbong Marcos stressed that the issue now is the continuity of the impeachment process across the 19th and 20th Congress. The former is set to end on June 30.
“There is no way that even if they start the trial now, that they will finish it before the new senators come in. So, well, again, the senators will decide,” the President said.
Recently, amid the issue, the lawyers of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte said they are ready to face the charges against her if the impeachment trial proceeds.