Estrada Sent To Trial

The Age

Tuesday November 14, 2000

Impeachment charges against Philippine President Joseph Estrada were sent by the House of Representatives to the Senate yesterday for a trial to decide whether he should be removed on corruption charges. House Speaker Manuel Villar proclaimed with a bang of his gavel that the articles of impeachment would be transmitted to the Senate.

"It's now up to the Senate to start the trial. We have indicted the president."

WORLD 13: Report

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