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The Senate is eyeing a shorter trial for impeached Vice President Sara Duterte – originally expected to last for seven to eight months – so that the chamber can still have time for  important legislative measures including the proposed 2027 national budget.

Anti-corruption groups staged protest marches in Makati and Quezon City yesterday, demanding accountability from government officials suspected of involvement in the multibillion-peso flood control scandal, while urging the Senate to proceed with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

The upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte could last seven months, based on the proposed trial days of both prosecution and defense panels, Senate Secretary Renato Bantug said, making it the longest impeachment trial ever.

House prosecutors are bracing for a legal battle over a sealed box containing Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records, even as the Senate formally cleared all procedural hurdles to open her impeachment trial on July 6.

The House prosecutors believe that the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, contained in a sealed box, are relevant in the impeachment case.