House prosecution panel drops Article III bribery charge against VP Sara Duterte

The House prosecution panel has filed a manifestation with the Senate impeachment court that it will drop Article III or the bribery charges in the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution panel for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial has dropped Article III of the Articles of Impeachment or the allegations that she bribed different officials of the Department of Education, public prosecutor and Bukidnon Rep. Jonathan Keith Flores said. Flores in a press briefing on Friday said that they have filed the manifestation before the Senate Impeachment Court last Tuesday, stating that they will no longer present evidence for Article III. READ: LIVE UPDATES: Sara Duterte According to Flores, the team leader for Article III, the reason is because including Article III will no longer fit their […]...Keep on reading: Flores confirms prosec manifested dropping bribery article vs VP Duterte

The House prosecution panel has yet to decide whether to drop the bribery charge in its impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte, lead prosecutor Gerville Luistro of Batangas said Monday.

MANILA, Philippines — The bribery charge against Vice President Sara Duterte will be dropped by the House prosecutors. This will end weeks of deliberations as the House prosecutors seek to shorten VP Duterte’s impeachment trial and focus on evidence they believe is sufficient to secure her conviction on other allegations. The team would formally inform the Senate impeachment court on Monday of its decision to abandon Article 3 of the impeachment complaint, which accuses Duterte of bribing Department of Education (DepEd) officials to circumvent procurement rules during her tenure as education secretary, said Manila Rep. Joel Chua on Sunday. “We believe […]...Keep on reading: Bribery charge vs Sara Duterte to be dropped by prosecution

MANILA, Philippines — House prosecutors will drop the bribery charge against Vice President Sara Duterte, ending weeks of deliberations as they seek to shorten her impeachment trial and focus on evidence they believe is sufficient to secure her conviction on other allegations. Manila Rep. Joel Chua said on Sunday the team would formally inform the […]...Keep on reading: Prosecution to drop bribery charge vs Sara Duterte

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Rep. Joel Chua said on Sunday that the prosecution panel would no longer pursue the bribery charge against Vice President Sara Duterte, one of the articles of impeachment filed against her. In an interview with DZMM Teleradyo, Chua, one of the House prosecutors, was asked to confirm whether the bribery case […]...Keep on reading: Sara Duterte impeachment: Prosecution to drop bribery charge

The prosecution team in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is likely to drop the bribery charges against her, House prosecution spokesperson Representative Zia Alonto Adiong said Sunday.