Impeach complaints to be acted upon ‘with dispatch, forthwith’“One thing is certain: as Senate President, I will act on it with dispatch, forthwith,” Sotto told reporters when asked about the possibility of impeachment moves against the country’s leaders. MANILA, Philippines — The Senate will act promptly on any impeachment complaint filed against President Marcos or Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said yesterday. “One thing is certain: as Senate President, I will act on it with dispatch, forthwith,” Sotto told reporters when asked about the possibility of impeachment moves against the country’s leaders. And if an impeachment is transmitted to us, we have to act on it because that’s our constitutional mandate,” he said in Filipino. “It doesn’t mean that if the Senate acts on impeachment, there is already a guilty verdict,” he added.

Source: Philippine Star January 13, 2026 16:10 UTC