Diokno: If senator-judges are absent, will vacant seats decide case?

Inquirer.net - Sep 23, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – Public prosecutor and Akbayan Rep. Chel Diokno has asked the Senate impeachment court whether it will be the vacant seats of absent senator-judges who will decide on Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case should the threshold needed for a conviction remain. In his speech on Wednesday, during oral arguments on how many

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