Sen Bato de la Rosa (now called Batorney by Sen Alan Cayetano, prompted the formation of the impeachment court. His motionn was to dismiss the impeachment complaint due to perceived constitutional infirmity. It was thought to be better of taken up in impeachment court, which the Senate did.
In Sen Cayetanos speech, he deemed it proper to amend Sen de la Rosa motion to read as remanding the impeachment complaint and to fulfill the two conditions:
1. To confirm that there are no constitutional infirmities; (there is - that there were 4 complaints filed in 2025)
2. That the 20th Congress will continue pursuing the complaint.
(How can they do that before the June 30th deadline that Sen Tolentino proposed? And that the 20th Congress has not been properly convened)
To my mind, the motion which was approved by 18 senators (5 against by minority: Pimentel Hontiveros, Binay, Poe Gatchalian) effectively set obstacles for the conduct of impeachment complaint.
Or worse, effectively dismissed the complaint.
