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SENATE President Francis \u201cChiz\u201d Escudero on Monday night (June 9, 2925) took his oath as the presiding officer of the impeachment court in the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This, after Sen. Joel Villanueva made a motion that the impeachment court will be convened on June 11 and senator-judges take their respective oaths at 4 p.m. on June 10.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The oath-taking was administered by Senate Secretary Renato Bantug Jr., a symbolic step seen as a prelude to the trial.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Escudero\u2019s oath-taking took place after the Senate minority formally moved for the opening of the impeachment trial, following several delays.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Senator Joel Villanueva made the motion to refer the complaint to the Committee on Rules during the plenary session, following a manifestation from Minority Leader Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III urging the chamber to immediately begin trial proceedings as mandated by the Constitution.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pimentel cited Article XI, Section 3 (4) of the 1987 Constitution, which states that once a verified complaint is endorsed by at least one-third of the House of Representatives, the Senate \u201cshall forthwith proceed\u201d to try the case.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe are merely following the letter and spirit of the Constitution,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros also seconded the call.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Duterte\u2019s allies, meanwhile, are drafting a resolution seeking dismissal of the case on grounds of inaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The impeachment complaint against Vice President Duterte was transmitted to the Senate on February 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The House of Representatives impeached Duterte for \u201chigh crimes,\u201d including corruption, and alleged assassination plot against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and House Speaker Ferdinand \u201cMartin\u201d Romualdez.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The presentation of the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Duterte was moved to June 11, 2025 instead of June 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Escudero said the move was to allow the Senate to tackle priority legislative measures before the 19th Congress adjourns sine die on June 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SENATE President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Monday night (June 9, 2925) took his oath as the presiding officer of the impeachment court in the trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14370,"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\/14369"}],"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=14369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14371,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14369\/revisions\/14371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}