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Senate to Appoint Escudero as Impeachment Presiding Officer

Published 19 June 2026

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he will support whoever the Philippine Senate formally elects to preside over the imminent impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, as senators moved toward selecting a lawmaker who oversaw a previous, unsuccessful attempt to try her.

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