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MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution panel said on Sunday it was ready to revise the schedule of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, trim its witness list and work with the defense, in a bid to hasten the proceedings but not at the expense of due process.
As the impeachment proceedings enter their eighth week, weather disruptions, prolonged witness examinations and disputes between the prosecution and defense threatened to stretch a trial originally allotted 92 hearing days.
Manila Rep. Joel Chua, a member of the prosecution team, said the panel wanted to complete its presentation by September and was open to recalibrating the schedule after a few hearing days were lost to bad weather.
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