Pimentel: SC’s dismissal of voting threshold case understandable

Inquirer.net - Sep 30, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III expressed that the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to dismiss the three petitions challenging the Impeachment court’s ruling on the voting threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte was understandable given the timing. “I completely understand if the Supreme Court refused to take cognizance of petitions questioning

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