MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has finalized its calendar for the next seven weeks, reserving its mornings for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte and its afternoons for the proposed 2027 national budget.
The schedule takes effect today and runs through October 23, according to the calendar released by Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri on Monday, September 7.
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Senators have been lamenting how the trial may eat up the hours the Senate typically devotes at this time of the year to deliberating the proposed national budget.
The adjusted calendar was settled in an all-senators caucus and formally announced last week. Here's what it looks like:
Senate calendar for September and October showing impeachment trial days, budget hearings and plenary sessions, with mornings and afternoons split.
Senate calendar from September, October
The adjusted Senate schedule, as agreed upon in an all-member caucus, sets three straight weeks of the impeachment trial in October.