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No special session for trial – Escudero

(UPDATE) SENATE President Francis Escudero on Saturday said there would be no special session while Congress is in recess to try the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying such a session would be unconstitutional.

Escudero issued the statement a day after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he was open to calling a special session if the senators requested one.

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