Since the impeachment trials have been the spectator sports lately (for which the nation spends millions daily) we might as well join the fray.
Despite all the efforts to diminish the opposition votes to free the subject VP, the Chief Judge Escudero made the the ruling and others too, that 16 is the magic number of vote to impeach the VP. They only have 13 at the moment If the ruling of was 2/3 of members present (minus Marcoleta, Jinggoy E, Bato, that would mean 2/3 x 21 = 14. Just one swing vote....