Senate Pres. Tito Sotto Explains Decision To Support Charter Change
TITO SOTTO
In 2025, the
Supreme Court declared the impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte as “unconstitutional”
. According to the high court, the impeachment rap against the Vice President violated the one-year ban rule.
Alan Peter Cayetano
Pia Cayetano
Ronald Dela Rosa
JV Ejercito
Francis Escudero
Jinggoy Estrada
Sherwin Gatchalian
Bong Go
Lito Lapid
Loren Legarda
Rodante Marcoleta
Imee Marcos
Robinhood Padilla
Erwin Tulfo
Raffy Tulfo
Joel Villanueva
Camille Villar
Mark Villar
Juan Miguel Zubiri
Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV
Risa Hontiveros
Francis Pangilinan
Vicente “Tito” Sotto III
ABSTAIN
Panfilo “Ping” Lacson
According to then-Minority Sen.
Ping Lacson, he and then-Senate minority leader Tito Sotto will revive the impeachment case against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte if the SC changes its ruling
. The Senate earned massive criticisms for not starting the impeachment trial right away.
📷: Rolling Stone PH
A lot of people including some law experts and former senators stressed that impeachment trials should allegedly be started “forthwith”. Then-Senate Pres. Chiz Escudero earned countless criticisms and was accused of supposedly shielding Vice Pres. Sara Duterte.
The SC ruling was welcomed by Duterte’s camp. The Vice President remains surrounded by questions over her alleged misuse of the P625-million confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) during her stint.
“I will not push. I will support. I will support a cha-cha at this point. Dati ayokong ayoko yan. Ang gusto ko cha-cha character change eh,”
Sotto said.
Senate Pres. Tito Sotto claimed that the Supreme Court allegedly revised the 1987 Philippine Constitution through its decision and he wants to fix it through amending the Constitution. Based on the
report
, he called that the SC’s previously ruling is “disappointing”.
“Kung ang Supreme Court puwedeng galawin ang Constitution, aba’y dapat galawin na namin sapagkat kami ang empowered to do so,”
the Senate President said.
Senate Pres. Tito Sotto clarified that his stand to support Cha-Cha has supposedly nothing to do with who is involved in the impeachment case. According to him, he wants amendments on the Constitution for how the decision has affected the charter.
Currently, two (2) impeachment complaints were filed against Pres. Bongbong Marcos and they have been referred to the House Committee on Justice already. Presidential son and Ilocos Norte Congressman
Sandro Marcos recuses to participate in the House process of the impeachment complaints against his father