Philippines, Feb. 10 -- Senate President Francis Escudero on Monday underscored that impeachment is a constitutional process meant to hold public officials accountable, urging the public and lawmakers not to fear or politicize it.

"People talk about impeachment as if it's something to be scared of or something to run away from. They should not," Escudero said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel.

"It is a legitimate, valid proceeding, and we should embrace it as a mechanism to hold officials accountable - no ifs, no buts about it," he stressed.

Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives after over 200 of its members signed the complaints, documents of which were transmitted to the Senate Secretariat ...