Why Sara Duterte ally is taking impeachment vote threshold fight to SC

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VEEP. Vice President Sara Duterte arrives at the Quezon City RTC on September 11, 2026, to attend arraignment proceedings for a grave threats case.

Vic Rodriguez, former executive secretary and ally of Vice President Sara Duterte, is challenging the Senate impeachment court's ruling that lowered the threshold for impeachment convictions before the Supreme Court. Rodriguez filed a certiorari petition arguing that the Senate's ruling alters the constitutional requirement for conviction, which mandates a two-thirds majority of all Senate members, and claims that the Senate cannot change this threshold through procedural rules. This is AI-generated.

Vic Rodriguez , President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s forme r executive secretary and now Vice President Sara Duterte’s ally, is challenging the lowered impeachment conviction threshold before the Supreme Court (SC).