Manila, Aug. 7 -- Leaders of the House of Representatives on Thursday decried the Senate's move to archive the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte.

In a statement, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez questioned the move despite the case still pending in the Supreme Court.

"Yesterday, the Senate -- not sitting as an impeachment court -- moved swiftly to archive the complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, despite the case still pending before the Supreme Court," he said.

"To archive is, in effect, to bury the Articles of Impeachment. Yet the ruling of the Supreme Court is not final. On Aug. 5, the House of Representatives filed a Motion for Reconsideration. The Court found our arguments serious enough to require th...