'Harap-harapan na tayong niloloko': De Lima hits Senate for returning impeachment case to House

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Incoming Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima has castigated the Senate for supposedly "lighting the Constitution aflame" in its handling of the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. (Video courtesy of Leila de Lima | X)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/06/11/harap-harapan-na-tayong-niloloko-de-lima-hits-senate-for-returning-impeachment-case-to-house  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com @manilabulletin-  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00We have just witnessed proceedings without boundaries, while the Constitution, the law, and the rules burn.

00:16By remanding the impeachment complaint to the House, the Senate simply made things opposite went along,

00:23without care for either constitutionality or propriety.

00:27Di na kinailangan ng abogado dito, dahil wala na sa batas ang pinag-usapan.

00:35Kaya tuloy, sana sa palengke na lang finail ang impeachment case.

00:39At least doon, may nagtitinda ng totoo.

00:44Since the filing of the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate last February,

00:49the Senate President has already discarded the Constitution by refusing to understand the word forthwith.

00:57Now the Senate, as impeachment court, has just lit the Constitution aflame.

01:04All the proceedings and motions taken in the so-called impeachment court are without legal basis.

01:11Where on earth does a judge move to dismiss the complaint, and without hearing the parties first?

01:18Where is it in the rules of impeachment that a senator judge can move for dismissal?

01:26Where is it written that the impeachment court can remand the complaint to the House as a nice way of dismissing it?

01:35Nihindi dininig ang house prosecutors para dipensahan ang articles of impeachment?

01:42Nihindi hinintay ang ini-impeach o in-impeach na siya mismo ang magpa-dismiss?

01:49Malinaw na walang due process.

01:52Sila-sila lang sa Senado ang nag-motion at nag-rule sa sarili nilang motion.

01:57Praises to Senators Risa Hontiveros, Coco Pimentel, Nancy Binay, Wyn Gatchalian, and Grace Poe for standing up for the Constitution.

02:09Shame on the rest for this travesty and ignominy that will mark them for the rest of their lives.

02:17Hindi pa ito tapos.

02:18The fight for truth and accountability continues.

02:23The fight for truth and accountability continues.

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