Senate remands impeachment complaint to Congress after forming the impeachment court

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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.           

Pope Leo XIV reforming the Roman Catholic church - quietly

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What is going to happen to FPRRD who won the elections while incarcerated at the Hague prison?

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Many are optimistic that  the former President will be set free on the basis of argument of lack of jurisdiction by ICC, the Philippines having withdrawn from the said body in 2019.   He also won the mayoralty election in Davao City despite the charges that are being tried in the Hague.

But as the days pass, this post is not optimistic of his release.

What do you think?

Complaint vs P40K one way ticket Tacloban Manila

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Rep. Richard Gomez has complained to DOTR Sec Vince Dizon about the outrageous P40,000 one way ticket Manila Tacloban.  Of course, tickets to Tacloban are high because of the closure of San Juanico bridge to heavy vehicles (which include buses)

It this the halt to the Nautical Highway?   Travel from Luzon to Samar Leyte is effectively crippled.

But can airlines charge that much?  Or is it just profiteering by the ticket outlet?

We know the character of peopel when times are tough...

Will there be an impeachment trial at the Senate for VP Sara?

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SP Escudero postponed the presentation of impeachment charges vs VP Sarah Duterte to June 11 from June 2 yesterday raising the possibility of the impeachment trial reaching into the 20th Congress.   On June 14, the Senate session ends sine die, and it is possible that Senate wraps up all its business for the 19th Congress.

Sen Hontiveros said that this can be carried over.  (If its sine die including the impeachment trial, new impeachment case has to be filed which is not allowed under the constitution.

What shall it be?  Others said that this a lost cause for impeachment.

What do you think?