Senator-judge Robin Padilla makes a manifestation during Day 6 of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on July 15, 2026.
Senate Social Media Unit
It’s already quite a strain to watch and hear the Cayetano tag team three trial days a week, but to toss Robin Padilla into the duo’s hyperventilating cauldron (pun intended!) is too much for taxpayers to bear
Why we had to suffer Senator Robin Padilla in the first two weeks of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is a question that should be directed to — and addressed by — the presiding officer, who has allowed the unfiltered antics of this has-been actor.
It’s already quite a strain to watch and hear the Cayetano tag team three trial days a week, but to toss Robin Padilla into the duo’s hyperventilating cauldron (pun intended!), I believe, is too much for taxpayers to bear.
