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16-Vote Conviction Rule

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  1. Go, Padilla ask SC: Restore 16-vote rule

    Go, Padilla ask SC: Restore 16-vote rule

    Senators Bong Go and Robin Padilla, along with PDP-Laban and other petitioners, asked the Supreme Court to restore the 16-vote threshold for conviction in Sara…

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  2. Litmus test

    Litmus test

    The two-thirds vote requirement is not just a procedural technicality; it is a constitutional principle meant to ensure that any conviction reflects…

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  3. VICE President Sara Duterte

    Not so simple

    If the Senate ultimately rejects the fixed 16-vote rule, a trip to the Supreme Court seems almost inevitable.

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  4. VICE President Sara Duterte

    VP Sara legal team preps for orals

    The oral arguments will center on the disputed 16-vote threshold for conviction in Duterte’s impeachment trial.

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  5. Can you jail a senator’s vote?

    Can you jail a senator’s vote?

    You removed two no votes and somehow yes became harder? So now maybe conviction should need only 14 yesses instead of 16.

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  8. Senate can’t usurp SC power

    Senate can’t usurp SC power

    Escudero will commit a grave error if he subjects the question to a vote since the impeachment court cannot decide on whether it would follow the Constitution.

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  9. The Senate during the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte last Wednesday, 10 August.

    Counting empty chairs

    If we insist that conviction still requires 16 votes, the three senators who cannot participate are effectively being counted on the side of acquittal.

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