ICYMI: Sara Duterte impeachment trial Week 12 highlights

Inquirer.net - Sep 27, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – The week’s defining development came on Day 29, September 23, when the Senate impeachment court voted 13 to 1 to overturn Presiding Officer Francis Escudero’s original ruling that 16 votes were required to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, deciding instead that the two-thirds constitutional threshold would be computed only from senator-judges legally

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ICYMI: Sara Duterte impeachment trial Week 12 highlights

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