What We Know
The Senate impeachment court lowered or overturned the initial fixed threshold of 16 convictions in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial.4Backed by 4 sourcesgmanetwork.comrappler.comphilstar.comCNA The change was approved by a 13-1 vote, according to reporting on the Senate court’s decision.1Backed by 1 sourcesphilstar.com
Petitions asking the Supreme Court to intervene have challenged the Senate court’s decision to alter the basis for calculating the Constitution’s two-thirds voting requirement.1Backed by 1 sourcestribune.net.ph Deputy Speaker Paolo Ortega V said the Supreme Court cases would not derail the impeachment trial.1Backed by 1 sourcesnewswav.com
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- gmanetwork.com↗Its headline reports that the court overturned the initial 16-conviction threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial.
- rappler.com↗Its headline supports the account that the Senate court lowered the conviction voting threshold in Duterte’s impeachment trial.
- philstar.com↗Its headline reports both the 13-1 vote and the Senate court’s lowering of the threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte.
- CNA↗Its headline reports that the Philippine Senate lowered the conviction threshold in Vice President Duterte’s impeachment trial.
- tribune.net.ph↗The excerpt reports that a challenge to the Senate impeachment court’s method for calculating the constitutional two-thirds requirement has reached the Supreme Court.
- newswav.com↗The excerpt attributes to Deputy Speaker Paolo Ortega V the view that Supreme Court petitions challenging the threshold ruling will not derail the impeachment trial.