MANILA, Feb. 8 -- As the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte moves to the Senate, one of the 11 legislators tapped as prosecutor said the inhibition of "allied" senators is being considered.

Speaking at the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua said they will discuss it once the panel is formally convened.

"We'll see if that's possible," Chua said, referring to suggestions that senators allied with Duterte must inhibit themselves from the impeachment trial. "We will wait for our team to convene first and then, we will discuss all the options."

He believed that some senators might even voluntarily recuse themselves out of "delicadeza."

Chua noted that the impeachment trial is largely a ...