Manila, May 29 -- Senate President Francis Escudero has moved the presentation of the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to June 11 instead of June 2 to allow Congress to act on urgent priority measures before its sine die adjournment.

The presentation of the impeachment articles is a prerequisite to convening the Senate as an impeachment court.

The new schedule sets the formal transmission at 4 p.m. on June 11.

In a letter addressed to House of Representatives Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Thursday, Escudero said the decision was made after a meeting of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) held earlier in the day.

The Council identified 12 priority bills that lawmakers are ex...