The Senate impeachment court rules that the trial will not change its evidence-presentation sequence in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case. Presiding officer Francis Escudero states that, absent an agreement between the prosecution and the defense, the proceedings will follow the order originally set during the inquiry stage. Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian had earlier discussed a proposed alternate flow in which evidence would be presented per article, but Duterte’s defense team rejected the change. In response, lawyer Benjamin Tolosa Jr., a prosecutor in the case, clarifies that the motion to alter the order of evidence presentation originated from the Senate impeachment court rather than from the parties. Tolosa’s remarks come after concerns were raised about the source of the proposal and how the trial flow would be affected. With no deal reached, the prosecution proceeds with the first article of the impeachment: alleged misuse of P612 million in confidential funds. The court’s decision means the prosecution completes its presentation on all impeachment articles before the defense begins presenting its evidence.