Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano during Day 5 of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay City on July 14, 2026. Also in the photo is Senator-judge Pia Cayetano. —File photo by Niño Jesus Orbeta | INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — The reported objection of Senator-judge Alan Peter Cayetano to the impeachment court’s ruling to subpoena the financial records of Vice President Sara Duterte will not by itself overturn that decision, according to the House prosecutors.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Rep. Jose Manuel Tadeo “Chel” Diokno and Atty. Benjamin “Jay” Tolosa Jr., counsel for the House Panel of Prosecutors, said Cayetano’s objections would be put on record but would not by itself overturn the ruling to grant subpoenas for specified financial and tax records involving the vice president.
“Under the rules of the Senate for impeachment, a senator-judge always has the right to file [an objection] if he doesn’t agree with the decision of the impeachment courts,” Diokno said in a mix of Filipino and English.
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