‘Marcos presence in impeach proceedings up to legal team’MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang is leaving it up to President Marcos’ legal team to decide whether he would show up at the hearings of the House of Representatives’ justice committee on the impeachment complaint against him. The committee, led by Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville Luistro, is set to start deliberations on the two referred impeachment complaints against Marcos on Feb. 2. They may have rules regarding that particular situation as to how they will treat simultaneous impeachment complaints against both the President and the Vice President. The Feb. 2 hearing of the justice committee would be held at 10 a.m. at the People’s Center at the Batasan complex. “Before we actually start the process before the justice committee, it really has to be consolidated because two complaints are not possible to be heard in the justice committee.

Source: Philippine Star January 29, 2026 02:41 UTC