Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero announced that the Senate as an Impeachment court has cancelled the presentation of the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte by member of the House of Representative prosecution team.

In a letter to Speaker Martin Romualdez, Escudero said “In view of the referral of the verified impeachment complaint against Vice-President Sara Zimmerman Duterte to the Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, and with the issuance of the writ of summons to the Vice-President, the putative presentation of the Articles of Impeachment which was scheduled for June 11, 2025 has been rendered moot and is thereby cancelled.”

This, as the Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, on Tuesday night voted to return to the House of Representatives the articles of impeachment against Duterte without dismissing or terminating them.

Escudero, as the presiding officer of the impeachment court, also issued a writ of summons to Duterte, giving her a non-extendible period of ten days from receipt of the summons to answer.

The Senate sergeant-at-arms on Wednesday morning is set to serve the writ of summons of Duterte in her office in Mandaluyong City.

Once received, Duterte will be given a non-extendible period of 10 days to answer to the articles of impeachment against her.

A Senate representative have arrived at the OVP office to serve the writ.

Duterte is currently in Malaysia for a personal trip with her family.

Duterte is accused of betrayal of public trust, culpable violation of the constitution, graft and corruption, and other high crimes.