The Senate will decide on Aug. 6 on whether or not to proceed with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, following the recent Supreme Court (SC) ruling that declared the impeachment complaint unconstitutional. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)
00:00Mr. President, I think the Senate President would like to brief the body as to what happened to our caucus this afternoon.
00:13Not to really brief the body, but rather place on record the agreement arrived upon in the caucus earlier.
00:19To set on a date certain the disposition of the matter pertaining to the Supreme Court decision in relation to the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sarah Zimmerman Duterte.
00:36For the record, it is agreed in caucus that the matter will be decided upon by the Senate on August 6, 2025 when we open session on that date in order to afford ample and sufficient time to the members to study the 97-page Supreme Court decision excluding the concurring and separate opinions filed by five or six additional magistrates of the Supreme Court.
01:05For the record and for the information of all the members of the Senate, some of whom may not have been present when this was agreed upon.
