What’s next after Senate’s archiving of Sara Duterte impeachment?

What happens now after the archiving? Does this act affect the ongoing appeals against the SC decision?

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has archived the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte with a 19-4-1 vote, shortly after the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision that barred the trial for being unconstitutional.

For Senate Minority Leader Tito Sotto, the archiving made the impeachment case functionally dead. While all of this happened in the upper chamber, appeals are pending before the SC which entertained motions for reconsideration from the House of Representatives and civilian petitioners.

What happens now after the archiving? Does this act affect the ongoing appeals before the SC?

Justice reporter Jairo Bolledo speaks to constitutional law professor Paolo Tamase of the University of the Philippines College of Law to discuss the various moving parts of Duterte’s impeachment.

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