Philippine senators have set themselves as an impeachment court for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte over corruption and other criminal allegations but they voted to send the raft of complaints back to the House of Representatives due to legal questions.

Vice President Sara Duterte maintained that her fight against the bid to impeach and remove her from office was “right and true.” “The attacks are cowardly yet openly disingenuous and arrogant. [It is] absent of basic human decency and respect for the rule of law,