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                    [Title] => Fluid vote threshold open to abuse – Azcuna
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A changeable vote threshold can be easily manipulated by ruling political factions, retired Supreme Court associate justice Adolfo Azcuna warned yesterday, as he defended maintaining the required votes needed to convict an impeachable official at two-thirds of all 24 senators.

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 The defense team said questioning the ruling of the Senate impeachment court on the threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte before the Supreme Court remains an option.

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Ipinagpaliban nitong Biyernes ang nakatakdang arraignment ni Vice President Sara Duterte sa kasong grave threats sa Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) matapos hilingin ng kanyang mga abogado na ipagpaliban muna ang paglilitis habang pinag-aaralan ng korte ang kanilang mosyon.

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The Senate impeachment court has invited two retired chief justices and a retired associate justice as amici curiae or judiciary resource persons to share their insights on the voting threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s trial.

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  The House prosecution panel’s initial scrutiny of the bank accounts of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband Manases Carpio yielded positive results as 15 of them “matched” the details presented by the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

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But is there a bogus or fake pressure? Or perhaps artificial or trumped up pressure?

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Vice President Sara Duterte will be physically present at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Friday in connection with the three counts of grave threats filed by the Department of Justice against her.

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The defense team maintained yesterday that the names used in acknowledging receipt of confidential funds for the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education  were aliases.

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A person who was recorded to have died 61 years ago and a two-month-old baby were among the supposed informants paid by Vice President Sara Duterte from her confidential funds.

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Naglabas ng warrant of arrest ang Quezon City RTC laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte sa kasong grave threats nitong Biyernes.

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                    [Title] => Fluid vote threshold open to abuse – Azcuna
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A changeable vote threshold can be easily manipulated by ruling political factions, retired Supreme Court associate justice Adolfo Azcuna warned yesterday, as he defended maintaining the required votes needed to convict an impeachable official at two-thirds of all 24 senators.

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 The defense team said questioning the ruling of the Senate impeachment court on the threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte before the Supreme Court remains an option.

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Ipinagpaliban nitong Biyernes ang nakatakdang arraignment ni Vice President Sara Duterte sa kasong grave threats sa Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) matapos hilingin ng kanyang mga abogado na ipagpaliban muna ang paglilitis habang pinag-aaralan ng korte ang kanilang mosyon.

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The Senate impeachment court has invited two retired chief justices and a retired associate justice as amici curiae or judiciary resource persons to share their insights on the voting threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s trial.

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  The House prosecution panel’s initial scrutiny of the bank accounts of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband Manases Carpio yielded positive results as 15 of them “matched” the details presented by the Anti-Money Laundering Council.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804868 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/09/09/carlos-alcaraz-us-open-tennis2026-09-0706-20-19_2026-09-09_23-03-00517_thumbnail.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2554916 [Title] => The ‘real pressure’ [Summary] =>

But is there a bogus or fake pressure? Or perhaps artificial or trumped up pressure?

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Vice President Sara Duterte will be physically present at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Friday in connection with the three counts of grave threats filed by the Department of Justice against her.

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The defense team maintained yesterday that the names used in acknowledging receipt of confidential funds for the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education  were aliases.

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A person who was recorded to have died 61 years ago and a two-month-old baby were among the supposed informants paid by Vice President Sara Duterte from her confidential funds.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804868 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/09/07/ne_2026-09-07_23-19-38863_thumbnail.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2554469 [Title] => ‘Tigre nagging maamong kuting’ [Summary] =>

Naglabas ng warrant of arrest ang Quezon City RTC laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte sa kasong grave threats nitong Biyernes.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136654 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1722072 [AuthorName] => Rowena del Prado [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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