Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City. File photo

The Supreme Court may include in its regular en banc session, Tuesday the petition to compel the Senate to start the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

In a statement, SC Spokesperson Atty. Camille Ting said the case was raffled today (Monday) will possibly be included in tomorrow’s agenda.

Lawyer Catalino Generillo, Jr. last Friday, filed a petition for mandamus arguing that the Constitution mandates that the Senate conduct the trial “forthwith” or immediately.

In the same petition, Generillo said that the senators “are not suffering from any kind of disability, physical or mental” that would keep them from convening an impeachment court and “forthwith conduct public trial to determine whether the Vice President is guilty or not.”

Earlier this month, Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives in relation to her alleged misuse of public funds and her statements supposedly threatening the lives of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., First Lady Liza Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.

The articles of impeachment however were filed at the Senate just hours before it adjourned its plenary session until June 2, 2025.

Senate President Francis Escudero has said Duterte’s trial will probably not begin until after May’s midterm elections — or finish before the next congress takes over in July.