Marcos backs Escudero as presiding officer for VP Duterte impeachment trial
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed no doubt in Senator Francis Escudero's ability to preside over the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. He clarified that a previous impeachment was halted by a Supreme Court ruling, not Escudero, and affirmed support for the Senate's decision.
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