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MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano has assured the public that the new Senate majority bloc is bent on convening as an impeachment court by Monday, contrary to what some believe that the change in leadership is connected to an attempt to stop the process.
Cayetano in a livestream on Friday, posted on his Facebook page, said that the Senate’s decision to receive the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte last Wednesday — even in the midst of tensions and eventual gunfire — should have been a signal that they are serious in tackling the matter.
According to Cayetano, they are not going to make decisions out of political leanings or affiliations.
“We received the impeachment amid the chaos last Wednesday night, I signed the letter yesterday, sent it to the House of Representatives, they have received it, and it is stated in the letter that under the rules of the Senate, it is included in the order of business on Monday, and if there are no questions on the rules, and in our caucus they agreed that there would be no questions rules […] therefore we can already convene as an impeachment court on Monday,” Cayetano said in a mix of Filipino and English.
