The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte in the Senate would likely “cross over” to the 20th Congress, former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Wednesday.
Citing practical reasons, Lacson said the 19th Congress will not have enough time to convene and conduct the trial before adjourning sine die in the last week of June.
Also, Lacson noted the Senate assumes a different personality in an impeachment trial, where senator-judges’ work will be more judicial than legislative in nature.
“My humble opinion as a layman is that as an impeachment court, the Senate will act not as a legislative body but as a separate constitutional body,” he said in English at the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum.
“In an impeachment trial, the Senate will not perform legislative acts but will tackle an impeachment trial,” he added.
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