Senate President Chiz Escudero rejects the request of House prosecutors to issue a writ of summons to Vice President Sara Duterte, which will direct her to respond to the verified impeachment complaint against her.
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00:00Senate President Chis Escudero rejects the request of House prosecutors to issue a writ
00:06of summons to Vice President Sara Duterte, which will direct her to respond to the verified
00:11impeachment complaint against her.
00:13Escudero says Congress is on break and the Senate has not convened as an impeachment
00:17court.
00:18The Senate president reiterates no impeachment trial will occur during the break, reaffirming
00:23his proposed start date of July 30.
00:26Duterte was impeached by the House on February 5, the final session day before Congress began
00:31its three-month break for the midterm elections.
00:33The session is set to resume on June 2.
00:36Meantime, Escudero says he believes Philippine sovereignty was not compromised in the International
00:41Criminal Court's arrest of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:44He notes Duterte has no cases pending before local courts, indicating that the jurisdiction
00:49of Philippine judges were not disregarded.