INQToday: Sara Duterte’s office receives impeachment court summons
Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
Sara Duterte’s office receives impeachment court summons
Vice President Sara Duterte’s office on Wednesday received the writ of summons issued by the Senate Impeachment Court in connection with her trial.
The Office of the Vice President received the writ of summons at 11:05 a.m.
House recommends perjury, corruption charges vs Sara Duterte
The House of Representatives has adopted the report of the committee on good government and public accountability, which recommended the filing of criminal charges against Vice President Sara Duterte and other officials from her office over the alleged misuse of confidential funds (CF).
During the session on Tuesday, committee chairperson and Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua read the panel’s recommendations, which include the filing of the following charges against some past and present officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd):
- technical malversation
- falsification and use of falsified documents
- perjury
- bribery and corruption
- plunder, betrayal of public trust, culpable violation of the Constitution
ICC rejects Duterte’s bid to disqualify judges
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected former President Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team’s bid to alter the composition of the Pre-trial Chamber 1 that will rule on their key jurisdictional challenge.
Duterte’s camp wants Judges María del Socorro Flores Liera and Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou disqualified from taking part in determining if the ICC still has jurisdiction over the Philippines despite its withdrawal from the Rome Statute.
