Sara Duterte impeachment trial Day 32: What to expect

The Senate impeachment court will continue to discuss on Thursday, October 1, the alleged unexplained wealth of Vice President Sara Duterte.

The Day 32 of the trial was supposed to take place on Wednesday, September 30. However, the impeachment court cancelled the trial session to take a “strategic procedural pause."

Starting October 1, the trial will be held full day starting at 10 a.m. until early evening. There will be no plenary sessions.

On the 32nd day of the trial, the impeachment court is expecting the appearance of two provincial officials to testify on the properties of Duterte's husband Manases Carpio.

Davao City Register of Deeds IV Kathy Florence Baldonado is expected to comment about Carpio's alleged property in Matina.

Likewise, City of Samal Deputy Register of Deeds III Marco Pineda is called to appear about a property in Island Garden City registered in the name of Carpio.

The subpoenas for Baldonado and Pineda cover September 30 to October 2.

The Senate impeachment court is tackling Article 2 of the Articles of Impeachment, which specifically alleges that the Vice President accumulated unexplained wealth through the following:

- failure to fully and truthfully disclose all her and her spouse's assets, liabilities, and net worth in her statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN), including in her SALN for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024; and

- failure to divest and instead, willfully continued all her business interests during her tenure as vice president for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Meanwhile, the House prosecutors sought the appearance of former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as their latest witness on Wednesday.

However, Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero rejected the issuance of a subpoena to Trillanes to appear on the 32nd day.

The Senate impeachment court also issued a subpoena to Anti-Money Laundering Council executive director Ronel Buenaventura, which covers October 1 to 2. —LDF, GMA News