FACT CHECK: False claim of stopped VP Sara impeachment trial, SC ruling is old
A viral social media claim that Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial has been stopped by a new Supreme Court ruling is false. The SC dismissed petitions questioning the Senate's impeachment voting threshold, but this was based on an older ruling and does not affect the ongoing trial.
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