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SolGen to represent Senate on impeach petitions: The Solicitor General, as a government lawyer, will represent the Senate in the various petitions filed before the Supreme Court in relation to the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero stresses during a press conference Wednesday, February 19, 2025, in a restaurant in Quezon City. Escudero said he had already tossed to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) the petition of Duterte allies asking the Supreme Court to direct the Senate to cease and desist from conducting the trial of the Vice President. Duterte also filed a petition with the SC challenging the constitutionality of the impeachment complaint against her. A petition for mandamus asking the SC to compel the Senate to "immediately" convene as an impeachment court was also filed last week. “We referred the matter to the Solicitor General’s office. As the government lawyer, it will be the SolGen who will answer, appear, and handle the case on behalf of the Senate,” Escudero said in Filipino, adding that he had already talked to the OSG to make that representation before the Supreme Court on behalf of the Senate. (Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau)