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Sen. Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri says some senators want to revisit the 16-vote threshold needed to convict in Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial.

Zubiri says the issue was raised during a Senate caucus, with senators discussing the possibility of lowering the threshold. He added that any change could eventually be challenged before the Supreme Court. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00There are some senators that have questioned the threshold and it may come up sooner or later, it may crop
00:08up sooner or later, but that I can divulge. There is questions with some senators on the threshold. So that
00:15has to be answered, the issue has to be answered soon enough by the presiding officer.
00:20Sir, pero...
00:23Kailan na ano? Kailan yung masasabi nyo na...
00:27Threshold din, kung malaman.
00:28No, kailan na tapakulaman.
00:29Ang gusto sana ni Senator Jesus Cordero, the sponsor of the measure, is at least within two weeks' time, so
00:37middle of September, kailangan madesisyonan na yan.
00:41So either we have a vote on the floor or we have it on caucus.
00:46But ang gusto sana niya is malaman na by second week of September ng COMELEC kung tuloy ba o hindi.
00:53At malalaman din ng mga barangay officials.
00:55So we're looking at before the 11th, maybe?
01:0011th kasi is ano eh? 11th is Friday.
01:02So baka ano, baka ano pala, baka by the 15th, 16th ng September, 16th is a Wednesday.
01:09Baka by that time, malalaman na natin kung postponed ba o today.
01:16Sir, doon sa threshold po sa impeachment, balikan ko yung threshold sa impeachment.
01:21Sir, di ba may ruling na si presiding officer doon no first day?
01:25Pwede pa po ba yung i-ma...
01:28Again, don't quote me.
01:30It's just the talk by the colleagues during caucus.
01:35There were some colleagues that would like to revisit the threshold.
01:38Because at that time, wala pa yung nawawalang mga senador.
01:46Ngayon kasi may mga nasa kulungan at bihing sa at-large.
01:55So I think that's the issue now.
01:58When the presiding officer made that ruling, we still had a complete slate.
02:03Sir, would you be candid to say, when you say some of your colleagues want to revisit,
02:08meaning they want to lower the threshold?
02:11They want to have a ruling on the... yes, on the threshold.
02:14To lower from 16...
02:17Yes, yes, yes.
02:23Thank you, I have been out on the threshold.
02:25Pay-tาย ruptured is sinusoid of the belongpa
02:26Now, I will cover off your personal viernes,
02:32you, I will cover off the table in life
02:32for future煙 삼ート on the floor instead ofakh.
02:32So, thank you for that.
02:32So, here we are at the大概 38 with 15 minutes at Triple 5.
02:32Then, when the legs are outside?

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