Catholic Priests Among Complainants of 3rd Impeachment Complaint vs. VP Sara Duterte
PRIESTS – A third impeachment complaint versus Vice President Sara Duterte was filed by religious groups and civol society members.
Currently, there are several issues surrounding Vice Pres. Sara Duterte and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) over the controversial use of the office’s Confidential Funds. In fact, impeachment complaints have been filed against Duterte.
The first impeachment complaint versus Vice Pres. Duterte was endorsed by Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña while the second impeachment complaint was endorsed by the Makabayan bloc lawmakers.
Recently, religious groups and lawyers have filed the 3rd impeachment complaint versus Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the Catholica Priests behind the complaint stressed that it is their moral obligation to oust the Vice President from office.
The priests reportedly cited the failure of Vice Pres. Duterte to explain how the Confidential Funds of her office was spent. Her subordinates have denied having any knowledge over the release of the CFs.
Here are the complainants behind the third impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Duterte:
- priests from the Diocese of Novaliches, Order of Carmelites, Congregation of Mission
- founder and members of Stand Up for God Rosary Group
- founder of Stop Corruption Philippines
- Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao
- Member, Konsensya Davao and Selda
The lawyer of the complainants stressed that ordinary priests and lawyers are behind the third impeachment complaint who do it for the Filipino people.
“We believe VP Sara committed something illegal, something immoral against the Filipino people. For us, thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness,” Fr. Joselito Sarabia said as per the report.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte has yet to comment on the third impeachment complaint filed against her by Catholic priests and other members of the religious groups as well as lawyers.
Previously, the Vice President has broken her silence on the impeachment complaints filed against her. Vice Pres. Sara Duterte sees the positive side saying that the impeachment complaints are venues so she can addressed the accusations.