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SENATE President Francis “Chiz” Escudero welcomed Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III’s willingness to lead the drafting of revised impeachment rules for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This task, as recommended by Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino, will be undertaken through a special subcommittee as the chamber prepares ahead of the convening of the Impeachment Court where senators will sit as judges.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “I welcome and thank Sen. Pimentel’s offer to help draft the proposed rules. I will instruct the legal team to coordinate with him on this matter,” said the Senate chief.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Again, all of these (rules, calendar, etc.) are simply proposals that will have to be approved in plenary and\/or by the Impeachment Court once we resume and\/or convene,” he clarified.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pimentel, over the weekend, expressed his readiness to take on the task, noting that he would wait for an official assignment before proceeding.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “There is no problem. We are only five lawyers in the Senate today, so there may be no other choice,” he said.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Senate President emphasized the importance of thorough preparation and coordination to ensure a fair and just impeachment process.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “We must ensure that the rules and procedures are meticulously crafted to uphold the principles of justice and accountability,” Escudero said.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Based on the timeframe proposed by the Senate leader, the Articles of Impeachment will be presented to the plenary upon the reopening of the session on June 2 and trial will begin on July 30.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SENATE President Francis “Chiz” Escudero welcomed Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III’s willingness to lead the drafting of revised impeachment rules for the trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12279,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12277\/revisions\/12279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}