Whether or not the trial moves forward in a special session, when the current Senate reconvenes on June 2 -- or even later -- is now up to the country's 24 sitting senators, Francis Escudero told a press briefing,

Why would the Senate be pressed to immediately act on the Articles of Impeachment filed against Vice President Sara Duterte when the House of Representatives took more than two months to act on it? Senate President Francis Escudero blurted out this question when he was asked on Thursday to explain why the Senate did not immediately act on the Articles of Impeachment upon its arrival in the Senate on Wednesday afternoon.