Padilla, Go ask SC to back 16-vote rule

SENATORS Robinhood Padilla and Bong Go have asked the Supreme Court to stop the Senate impeachment court from using a reduced 14-vote threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, arguing that the Constitution requires the concurrence of at least 16 of the Senate’s 24 members.

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