Why would the Senate be pressed to immediately act on the Articles of Impeachment filed against Vice President Sara Duterte when the House of Representatives took more than two months to act on it? Senate President Francis Escudero blurted out this question when he was asked on Thursday to explain why the Senate did not immediately act on the Articles of Impeachment upon their arrival in the Senate on Wednesday

The Philippines' lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate.

More than 200 members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday signed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte after more than a month of seeming inaction on complaints filed against her by members of civil society.