Vice President Sara Duterte says she has not yet received any formal document requiring her to appear as a witness in her impeachment trial. In separate reporting, she states that as of Friday she has not been served a summons or related court document calling her to testify before the Senate acting as an impeachment court.
Both outlets link her comments to prosecutors’ indication that they plan to call Duterte as a witness. While Duterte confirms the lack of formal papers, she does not provide details on whether she will eventually appear before the impeachment court. In one account, she also declines to say whether she will face the Senate proceedings after prosecutors publicly expressed their intention to call her.
The core difference in coverage is limited: one outlet frames the statement as the absence of a “formal notice,” while the other describes it more specifically as the absence of a “paper or document” summoning her. Neither source reports that a formal summons has already been issued or that an appearance date has been set.
