Senate majority caucus takes up voting threshold

Senate majority caucus takes up voting threshold

THE Senate majority bloc will hold a caucus next week to decide the voting threshold for the conviction or acquittal of Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said on Friday.Gatchalian said in an interview the bloc’s decision will determine whether the impeachment court will retain its earlier ruling requiring 16 votes to convict or acquit Duterte or adopt another interpretation of the constitutional two-thirds requirem…

Marcoleta won’t bid for furlough to vote on impeachment threshold

By Benjamin Pulta MANILA – Senator Rodante Marcoleta said Thursday he will not ask the Sandiganbayan to grant him temporary release to vote on whether to revise the 16-vote requirement for conviction amid Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. “No, I will not move for a furlough just to vote for the threshold,” Marcoleta said […]