Two members of the House of Representatives’ prosecution panel on Monday expressed relief that the Senate convened as an impeachment court and took jurisdiction of the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte.
In separate interviews on Monday, Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon and Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua said that the Senate Impeachment Court requiring Duterte to answer the articles of impeachment only shows that trial will push through.
“Well what’s important now is that they convened, like what our Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said, and they were able to present the articles of impeachment, at they issued a writ of summons to the Vice President. So the impeachment proceedings has started moving and maybe we do not have any reason to have qualms about it,” Chua said in Filipino.
“So my understanding is that I think we are really proceeding to the trial proper of the Vice President’s impeachment. So this means the questions relating to jurisdiction are settled because the moment that the Senate Impeachment Court seeks an answer and a reply, we are basically implementing already the Senate rules of impeachment,” Ridon pointed out.
Ridon said the House will comply with the requirements asked of them.
“We saw that they formally convened the Senate Impeachment Court, we thank the Senate for convening the Senate Impeachment Court and the prosecution panel of the House is preparing for any other orders that may be issued,” Ridon said.
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