WATCH: Impeachment court lowers conviction threshold

Inquirer.net - Sep 23, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – In a major procedural development in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, the Senate impeachment court voted to sustain Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo’s Sept. 8 motion to reconsider how the two-thirds conviction threshold should be calculated. The court voted 13-1, with six senator-judges refused to participate, to adopt Tulfo’s motion. /dp READ: Watch:

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