Senate President Chiz Escudero maintains the no impeachment trial will happen while Congress is on break
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“Ginagamit ‘yung salitang ‘immediately ‘ha pero dalawang buwang inupuan ‘yan ng mga congressman. Dalawang buwan inupuan ‘yan ng mga complainant,”“Sino naman sila ngayon para madaliin kami samantalang sila naman at tila hindi nagmamadali kaugnay sa kanilang reklamo mismo,” The timing of the transmittal of the articles of impeachment to the Senate is tricky, as Congress is on a three-month break for the midterm elections. Seven senators are seeking for reelection and focused on their own campaigns.Session will resume on June 2 but will adjourn on June 13, leaving only six session days. Escudero has said that the trial will likely begin in the 20th Congress, after new senators are sworn in on June 30 and after the fourth State of the Nation Address on July 21.
There has been a debate on whether the Senate should act on the complaint while on recess, as critics argue that the Constitution states the upper chamber “shall proceed forthwith” upon receiving the complaint. This argument was raised by Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel in a letter to Escudero and also byForthwith, within the bounds of law. Iligal na mag-convene ako ngayon dahil wala kaming sesyon.
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