Robin Padilla files resolution seeking end to Sara Duterte impeachment proceedings
'Whereas, the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte is one such pending matter, and the consideration thereof is one such pending proceeding,' the resolution read.
Senator Robin Padilla has filed a resolution seeking to declare as terminated the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.
In his Senate Resolution 1371, Padilla said that the 19th Congress will adjourn sine die on Friday, June 13, and thus, "all pending matters and proceedings shall terminate upon the expiration of one (1) Congress."
'Whereas, the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte is one such pending matter, and the consideration thereof is one such pending proceeding,' the resolution read.
'(F)rom all the foregoing, it is indubitably clear that the matter of the Articles of Impeachment against Vice-President Sara Zimmerman Duterte and its consideration by the present Senate cannot be fully accomplished by the expiration of the Nineteenth Congress on 30 June 2025, thereby resulting in its termination,' it added.
Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives on February 5, with over 200 lawmakers endorsing the complaint against her. She was accused of betrayal of public trust, culpable violation of the constitution, graft and corruption, and other high crimes. –NB, GMA Integrated News
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