Vice Pres. Sara Duterte Faced w/ 2 Impeachment Raps Ahead of Ban Lifting
SARA DUTERTE – Two (2) impeachment complaints were filed against the Vice President today before the Office of the House Secretary General.
Several impeachment raps were previously filed against Vice Pres. Duterte by the House of Representatives. However, ahead of the Senate impeachment trial which many Filipinos called to start, the Supreme Court ruled on the impeachment rap that reached the upper chamber.
The Supreme Court ruled that the impeachment complaint versus Vice Pres. Sara Duterte is unconstitutional. The high court explained that the impeachment rap violates the one-year ban rule. According to SC, a fresh impeachment complaint may only be filed against the Vice President starting February 6.
Following the decision of the Supreme Court, a motion to archive the impeachment complaint against Duterte was raised in the Senate. The senators of the 20th Congress decided to archive the impeachment rap amid the call of many Filipinos to start the trial.
Nineteen (19) senators voted in favor of archiving the impeachment rap against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. Only four (4) of them opposed the motion and one of the lawmakers in the Senate in the 20th Congress abstained from making a vote — Sen. Ping Lacson.
YES
- Alan Peter Cayetano
- Pia Cayetano
- Ronald Dela Rosa
- JV Ejercito
- Francis Escudero
- Jinggoy Estrada
- Sherwin Gatchalian
- Bong Go
- Lito Lapid
- Loren Legarda
- Rodante Marcoleta
- Imee Marcos
- Robinhood Padilla
- Erwin Tulfo
- Raffy Tulfo
- Joel Villanueva
- Camille Villar
- Mark Villar
- Juan Miguel Zubiri
NO
- Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV
- Risa Hontiveros
- Francis Pangilinan
- Vicente “Tito” Sotto III
ABSTAIN
- Panfilo “Ping” Lacson
Then, Sen. Ping Lacson claimed that he and then-Senate Minority Leader Tito Sotto will revive the impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Duterte if the Supreme Court changes its ruling. The House of Representatives filed a motion for reconsideration on the ruling of the high court that tagged the impeachment rap as unconstitutional.
Prior to the lifting of the ban on the filing of impeachment complaints against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte, some groups and individuals confirmed their plan to file a fresh impeachment rap against the President. According to ABS-CBN News, two (2) impeachment complaints have already been filed against Duterte today.
The first impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte was filed by the Makabayan bloc. The Vice President is accused of alleged betrayal of public trust and gross abuse of discretionary powers over the alleged misuse of the P625-million confidential funds of the offices she led.
Based on a post, recently, Tindig Pilipinas also filed the second impeachment complaint against Duterte. The complaint wherein the Vice President is accused of alleged culpable violations of the Constitution, graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes is endorsed by Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima and Akbayan party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña.
Previously, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte said her lawyers are ready over a possible new impeachment case being filed against her.