Impeachment court: Petition on voting rule fatally premature
The Philippine impeachment court has declared a petition filed by two senators to the Supreme Court regarding the number of votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte as "fatally premature." The court argues that the Supreme Court should not intervene before the impeachment proceedings are concluded.
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