Philippine Senate can't hear impeachment until June

MANILA, Philippines — 

The Philippine Senate tin enactment connected the impeachment ailment against Vice President Sara Duterte lone connected June 2, erstwhile Congress resumes aft the midterm elections, Senate President Francis Escudero told a briefing connected Thursday.

Escudero said the senators who volition enactment arsenic jurors request to curse an oath portion Congress is successful league earlier they tin convene arsenic an impeachment court.

"Legally, it cannot beryllium done," Escudero said.

The House of Representatives connected Wednesday impeached Duterte, the girl of the country's firebrand erstwhile person Rodrigo Duterte.

The impeachment ailment stemmed from allegations Duterte misused nationalist funds portion she was vice president and acquisition minister, amassed unexplained wealth, and threatened the lives of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the archetypal woman and the little location speaker. She has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

She became the second-most-senior elected authoritative successful the Philippines to beryllium impeached aft erstwhile President Joseph Estrada successful 2000.