Philippine Senate to call impeachment court next month
The Philippine Senate will call the impeachment court deciding the future of Vice President Sarah Dute on 3 June, according to a document viewed by AFP on Friday. Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives in February for “high crimes”, including an alleged murder conspiracy against corruption and former colleague Ferdinand Marcos.Senate President Francis Escudero has said that the hearing will begin in late July after taking their seat to the incoming senators.The testing of impeachment was an important point in the mid -term elections of this month, which decided half of the 24 senators of the upper body, who would serve as its jury.Eskudero informed House Speaker Martin Romledase that according to a photo of the letter sent to AFP, the upper house would be ready to listen to the allegations before calling the court on June 2.Eskudero said in a letter on May 19, 2025, “As stated in our letter on February 24, 2025, the Senate expected the prosecution to read seven allegations under the articles of impeachment in the open session.” “Subsequently, the impeachment will be called as a court at 9 am on June 3, 2025 with the aim of issuing summons to the Senate and other such relevant orders,” this continues.The Vice President needs nine votes from a full 24-seight Senate for a acquitted. Losing would mean removing it and a permanent ban from the public office.Analysts last week told AFP that the result of the May 12 election appeared positive for the dutarte, who saw an associate on an unexpected seat, while the president’s ticket scored a lower than the prediction.In 2022, Duterte participated in power in an alliance with Marcos, which began to fall almost immediately.This year exploded in an open war with his impeachment and his father, former President Rodrigo Dutee’s arrest and transfer, which was to face allegations in the international criminal court in the Hague tied to his deadly drug war.Marcos said in a podcast interview that after the elections he was ready to reconcile with the Duterte clan, but he said that he had no participation in the process of impeachment.Marcos said, “Let’s leave the Senate, for which it has its own procedures.”The Vice President’s office did not immediately respond to the AFP request for comment.
