Senate Urged to Proceed with Duterte Impeachment Trial Despite SC Orders - BusinessWorld Online

Legal experts split on SC’s detailed order in Sara Duterte case

MANILA, Philippines—Legal experts expressed mixed views on the Supreme Court’s directive requiring Congress to submit detailed information on the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, with some warning it could risk delaying or interfering with the Senate trial. Atty. Howard Calleja, lawyer and constitutional law professor, said the Supreme Court’s order is “reasonable and in exercise of its judicial power,” but stressed t…

Senate urged to proceed with Duterte impeachment trial despite SC orders - BusinessWorld Online

A CONGRESSMAN on Monday asked the Senate to proceed with Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s impeachment trial despite recent actions by the Supreme Court (SC) on lawsuits challenging the complaint. “There’s no reason for the Senate to wait for the Supreme Court’s decision since no temporary restraining order has been issued,” Manila Rep. Joel R. Chua told a news briefing in Filipino. “For now, the trial should proceed unless the Supreme Court …

Impeachment trial can proceed, lawmaker says

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate can proceed with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte as the Supreme Court has not issued a temporary restraining order (TRO), Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua said Monday."There is no reason for the Senate to wait for the decision of the Supreme Court because there is no TRO issued. So ... the trial should still proceed," Chua said in Filipino and English in a press briefing.Rep. Terry Ridon ca…

Senators warned against dismissing VP Sara’s case sans trial

Sen. Panfilo Lacson has cautioned his colleagues about moving to dismiss the impeachment complaint of Vice President Sara Duterte instead of going to trial.

De Lima 'very concerned' over SC order to Congress on VP Sara impeachment

Mamamayang Liberal party-list Representative Leila de Lima on Sunday raised her concern over the Supreme Court"s (SC) directive to Congress regarding the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

SOLONS WARN VS IMPEACHMENT ONE-YEAR BAN MISUSE

Reelected Manila Representative Joel Chua and Bicol Saro Party-list Representative Terry Ridon cautioned against what they described as the possible misuse of the one-year bar rule in the ongoing impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. The lawmakers underscored that the rule which bars the filing of more than one impeachment complaint against the same official within a year should not be used to derail efforts to exact accountabili…