Sen. Imee Marcos Claims Impeachment Trial vs. VP Sara Duterte Already Lost
IMEE MARCOS – The Senator reacted to the delay in the impeachment trial proceedings of Vice President Sara Duterte.
There is a looming impeachment trial against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte who was impeached by the House of Representatives last February. Two-thirds of the lawmakers in the House impeached Duterte including presidential son and Ilocos Norte Congressman Sandro Marcos.
Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero previously denied several calls to immediately start the proceedings in the impeachment trial of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. He refused to make a move while the Senate session is on pause.
Meanwhile, Escudero assured that the trial against Duterte will push through despite the detention of her father, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in The Hague, Netherlands. Vice Pres. Duterte is currently in The Hague to visit the former President.
Initially, the presentation of the articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives prosecution team was scheduled on June 2. The impeachment court is set to convene on June 3. However, Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero announced that the start of the impeachment trial proceedings of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte from June 2 to 11.
The postponement of the impeachment trial proceedings against Duterte sparked speculations that there might be no trial that will happen. It also raised accusation that there could allegedly be a presidential power with regards to the matter.
Malacañang reiterated that Pres. Bongbong Marcos wants the impeachment trial of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte to push through although he will not intervene on the matter. Sen. Koko Pimentel who helped draft the impeachment rules also reacted to the changes in the schedule.
According to the Senator who is also a former Senate President, there is a provision in the rules that gives weight to the impeachment trial over the legislative agenda. Escudero claimed that the House and the Senate have a legislative agenda that have to be fulfilled before the end of the 19th Congress on June 14.
Recently, Senator Imee Marcos who is also in The Hague reacted to the delay on the impeachment proceedings against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. The Senator took the side of the Duterte family on the controversial arrest of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. The matter earned her brother, Pres. Bongbong Marcos, a lot of criticisms.
Based on a report on GMA News, Sen. Imee Marcos stressed that what is important for her is to be able to help the people and stop the lead of the “political impeachment”.
“Para sa akin, ‘yan ang importante, makatulong sa tao at tigilan na ang pangunguna ng pampulitikang impeachment na ‘yan,” she said.
Sen. Imee Marcos also asked why the proceedings for the impeachment trial of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte is being postponed. Based on the report, she claimed that the Vice President allegedly already won against the trial.
“Pero sa kabilang banda…bakit inuurong nang inuurong ‘yung impeachment?…Tanggapin niyo na, talo na ang impeachment. ‘Yun lang ‘yun. Kahit ngayon, kahit sa Hulyo pa, talo na,” she said.
Previously, amid the claim of Malacañang that the President is against the impeachment of the Vice President, Senator-elect Tito Sotto said he could attest that Pres. Bongbong Marcos is against the impeachment process.