Impeachment

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.