3rd Impeachment Complaint vs. VP Sara Duterte Filed before the House
SARA DUTERTE
– A group of priests, nuns, and lawyers filed the third impeachment complaint against the Vice President.
Previously, the House Secretary General confirmed that the two (2)
impeachment complaints filed against Vice Pres. Duterte have already been transmitted to the office of House Speaker Bojie Dy
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In the first impeachment rap against Duterte, the Vice President is accused of alleged betrayal of public trust and gross abuse of discretionary powers. The accusation of the
Makabayan
bloc against the Vice President stemmed from the alleged misuse of the P625-million confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education (DepEd).
On the same day, February 2, another impeachment rap was filed against Duterte. The complainants were the members of
Tindig Pilipinas
.The second impeachment complaint against the Vice President was endorsed by
Mamamayang Liberal
party-list Rep. Leila de Lima and Akbayan party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña.
In the second impeachment rap, Duterte is accused of alleged culpable violations of the Constitution, graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes. Recently, another impeachment complaint was filed against the Vice President.
Furthermore, the third impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte also raised the allegations that she supposedly issued a threat for the death of Pres. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his family.
“This is not political, we are not politicians,”
Catholic priest Reverend Joselito Sarabia who is one of the complainants behind the third impeachmebt rap against Duterte said.
Furthermore, based on the
report
Marcos Jr. was asked about his reaction to the impeachment complaints against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte