VP Sara Duterte Speaks on Impeachment Complaints against Her
SARA DUTERTE – The Vice President welcomed the filing of impeachment complaints against her and sees the positive side that only her will be probed.
Several issues in the political arena nowadays involve Vice Pres. Duterte. She was questioned about the Confidential Funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) but she has skipped most of the hearings set by the House of Representatives’ panel.
It was just recently when the House panel has ended the investigation on the Confidential Funds of the offices led by Duterte. According to the panel, they don’t want their probe to be used amid the pending impeachment complaints against the Vice President.
The House panel stressed that their investigation was in aid of legislation. Two (2) impeachment complaints have been filed against the Vice President.
One of the impeachment complaints was endorsed by Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña while the other was endorsed by Makabayan bloc Reps. France Castro, Arlene Brosas, and Raoul Manuel.
Recently, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte broke her silence on the impeachment moves against her. Based on a report on Manila Bulletin, the Vice President welcomes the filing of impeachment complaints against her.
“I welcome that finally na-file na ‘yung impeachment case na sinasabi nilang i-file nila since last year pa,” the Vice President said.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte also expressed a sigh of relief that her staff members in the Office of the Vice President and the her former staff members when she was the education secretary will be spared from the investigation. She stressed that the complaint will be targeting only her.
“So, okay din ‘yun impeachment case dahil ako lang ang tinitira nila, ako lang ang iniimbestigahan nila, ako lang ang inaatake ng impeachment,” she said.
Based on the report, Vice Pres. Duterte further said that the House of Representatives will allegedly only run after her thus, she finds the complaint better. When asked about her view if the cases will be able to remove her from office, the Vice President said that her opponents “can always try, but God’s plan will always prevail”.
Amid the previous tirades of the Vice President against him, Pres. Bongbong Marcos is not in favor of impeachment moves against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. The Iglesia ni Cristo or INC is also against the impeachment moves against Duterte.