The schedule of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte from September to November was set by the Senate impeachment court on Tuesday.
Presiding officer and Senator – judge Francis Escudero announced the trial schedule in the following months as follows:
Trial from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m, plenary at 3 p.m.
September 8, 9
September 14-16
September 21-23
September 28-30
Whole day trial
October 1, 2
October 5-9
October 12-15
No trial to make way for 2027 budget hearings
October 16 to November 8
No trial for budget debates in plenary
November 9 to 18
After the Senate defends its version of the 2027 budget, the impeachment trial will return to its ‘regular programming’ on November 19, 20, or November 24.
Duterte’s trial schedule coincides with that of the second regular session of Congress, as well as its hearings on the 2027 national budget.