LIVE UPDATES: Senate takes on Sara Duterte impeachment

WATCH: Sen. Robin Padilla did not accept Sen. Kiko Pangilinan’s offer of a handshake while the Senate session was suspended on Monday, May 12. This came after Padilla complained that Pangilinan had allegedly shouted at him. | 📹: @ATacsonINQ Watch the live stream here:… pic.twitter.com/aUnggjxu3i

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The Senate adjourns its plenary session on Tuesday, May 12, after Sen. Robin Padilla complained that Sen. Kiko Pangilinan allegedly yelled at him.Watch the live stream here: https://t.co/tFcIUEhba1Follow live updates here: https://t.co/7771BEKyge pic.twitter.com/Q5T4DLEWzN

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WATCH: Administration supporters gather around the Senate gate calling for the arrest of Sen. Bato Dela Rosa and the impeachment of Vice President Duterte.On the other side of the police barricade, Duterte supporters mock administration supporters. | @keithcINQ Watch the live… pic.twitter.com/54I4eXB8m6

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‘IF I HAD KNOWN HE WAS COMING I WOULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE’Sen. Vicente Sotto III clarified that he had no role in letting NBI operatives into the Senate to serve the ICC’s warrant of arrest against Sen. Bato dela Rosa, stating that he told them to coordinate with… pic.twitter.com/Ihc3Lb8kOn

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‘WALA PA PONG KRIMINAL DITO’Sen. Robin Padilla insisted that there are no criminals in the Senate and that people should stop asking why Sen. Bato dela Rosa had been hiding for the past six months now that the International Criminal Court confirmed an arrest warrant against… pic.twitter.com/hpfqVlcB1B

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SP CAYETANO VOWS NO DELAYS IN IMPEACHMENTWATCH: Newly-elected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano vowed on Tuesday that there will be no delays to the impeachment process against Vice President Sara Duterte once the articles reach the Senate. | @keithcINQ pic.twitter.com/rHGKXhvxoi

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‘CONVENE IMPEACHMENT COURT’LOOK: Members of the Tindig Pilipinas coalition, one of the primary petitioners in the ongoing impeachment complaint, denounce the recent Senate leadership change during a press briefing in Quezon City on Tuesday, May 12.The group slammed the Senate… pic.twitter.com/CzwexRj4OI

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The Senate takes center stage Tuesday as senators begin tackling the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte.

Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano promised that he will not delay the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will not interfere in the leadership change in the Senate and the Duterte impeachment, the Palace said.

Any delay or attempt to evade in the impeachment trial of VP Sara Duterte could undermine public trust, the CBCP warns the Senate.

Blocking the impeachment trial of VP Sara Duterte could expose senators to administrative and criminal liability, some law scholars say.

The CBCP called on the Senate to immediately convene as an impeachment court and proceed with the trial against Vice President Sara Duterte.

Law school deans and professors on Tuesday reminded the Senate it is constitutionally bound to convene as an impeachment court