Impeachment
Pre-trial conference begins for Sara Duterte impeachment
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The Senate held the first day of the pre-trial conference for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment on June 18. Prosecutors and defense lawyers marked evidence for two of the four articles without incident. The trial is scheduled to start on July 6.
The Senate has cleared procedural hurdles for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, which opens on July 6. House prosecutors plan to call their first witness that day amid a dispute over a sealed box of tax records.
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Vice President Sara Duterte will testify in her Senate impeachment trial if necessary, her legal team said, as pre-trial proceedings advance with new witnesses named.
Manila Representative Joel Chua stated on Saturday that only senator-judges actively participating in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte should decide on her conviction or acquittal.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed papers in the Western Cape High Court to interdict the start of impeachment proceedings. The application seeks to pause the process until a September review of the Section 89 report on the Phala Phala matter. The Economic Freedom Fighters have pledged to oppose the bid.
Vice President Sara Duterte has until 7 p.m. today to file her formal answer to the Articles of Impeachment.
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Rep. Jude Acidre of the Tingog party-list called on the Senate to focus on the impeachment trial of the Vice President rather than pursuing other investigations.
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