THE midterm elections may be over, but we should brace for partisan intrigues and politicking to intensify, ignoring the call of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to set politics aside and buckle down to work.
With Vice President Sara Duterte declaring that she 'want a bloodbath' in her impeachment trial scheduled to begin on July 30 and asking her older brother, reelected Davao City Rep. Paulo Duterte , to contest the speakership with Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez in the incoming 20th Congress that will convene on July 28, it means the fight for power between the erstwhile UniTeam partners is far from over.
Although Marcos and Villar have not spoken about their stand on the VP's impeachment, it would be ungrateful if they vote for an acquittal or abstention. From among the 12 incumbent senators, the vice president can count on Robinhood Padilla to vote for her acquittal. Others likely to take her side are Mark Villar and Alan Peter Cayetano, who was the elder Duterte's foreign secretary.
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