HIGHEST COURT. File photo of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
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The High Court says the impeachment proceedings, which has already moved to trial in the Senate, can no longer be stopped
MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC), in an en banc session on Wednesday, August 5, dismissed the consolidated petitions that questioned the House proceedings on the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte since these had become moot.
Dismissed were petitions filed by Vice President Sara Duterte and Duterte-allied lawyers led by Israelito Torreon. The latter petition had argued that the House committee on justice “exceeded its constitutional authority by gathering evidence and compelling witnesses to appear” in the hearings. They had also questioned the House committee on justice’s findings that the impeachment complaints were “sufficient in form, substance, and grounds.
