Luistro warns impeachment chaos looms sans SC ruling
Lead public prosecutor Gerville Luistro warns of possible legal complications if the Supreme Court rules on the impeachment conviction threshold after the…
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16-vote conviction threshold
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on 16-vote conviction threshold.
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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High Court dismisses threshold challenge
The Supreme Court dismissed three petitions challenging the Senate impeachment court’s revised voting threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte,…
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Chilling effect
Politics will always be a numbers game, but the rules for counting those numbers must not become another political weapon.
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Threshold shift risks mistrial
Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team challenged the Senate impeachment court’s reconsideration of the conviction threshold, warning that changing the…
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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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Paolo Duterte: SC should settle impeachment threshold dispute
Rep. Paolo Duterte said the Supreme Court should ultimately settle the dispute over how the two-thirds conviction threshold should be computed in Vice…
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Mark Villar breaks with minority on Sara conviction threshold; Imee cites pressure
Sen. Mark Villar broke with the minority bloc to support overturning the fixed 16-vote threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, as six…
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Sara defense warns vs reopening conviction threshold
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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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Friends of Malacañang?
To be honest, the administration is dead set on convicting the former Education Secretary, come hell or high water.
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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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Marcoleta rejects threshold vote plan
Senator Rodante Marcoleta questioned the Senate impeachment court’s review of the two-thirds conviction threshold, as legal experts offered differing views on…
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Lower guilt limit compromises court
Sara Duterte’s camp warns that lowering the Senate’s 16-vote impeachment conviction threshold could allow government influence over the trial.
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Former justices: Presence needed
Retired chief justices challenge the Senate’s 16-vote threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte, citing the Constitution’s two-thirds requirement.
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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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