Pimentel Disappointed Over VP Sara Impeachment Trial Delay

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III criticized the proposed timetable for Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial, calling the months-long delay a violation of the Constitution's call for an immediate trial.

- — Marc Jayson Cayabyab

In an interview with dwIZ, Pimentel expressed disappointment over the four-month lag until the trial's proposed start on July 30, stating that it fails to meet the constitutional requirement for a trial to proceed "forthwith."

"I am disappointed. I even wrote my opinion to the Senate President, but it seems I failed to convince them," Pimentel said.