A third impeachment complaint has been filed against Vice President Sara Duterte, with Catholic priests and other prominent figures among the complainants. The complaint alleges misuse of confidential funds and betrayal of public trust.
Catholic priests were among those behind the third impeachment complaint filed against Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives on Thursday. House Assistant Minority Leader and Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Gabriel Bordado and Deputy Minority Leader and AAMBIS-OWA party-list Rep. Lex Colada endorsed the complaint, accusing Duterte of betraying public trust.
“On behalf of the Filipino people, complainants believe that it is not only the constitutional obligation of the members of the House of Representatives to impeach, and for the Senate to remove from office, Vice President Sara Z. Duterte. That obligation now becomes a moral one,” the complaint read. Seven priests, four leaders of nongovernment organizations (NGO), a lawyer, and the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao are among the complainants listed. Similar to the two complaints that came before it, the third impeachment move cited Duterte’s alleged misuse of confidential funds under the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd). “If this Honorable House of Representatives allows the Vice President to get away with what she did, what is stopping other less ethical public officials from misappropriating millions and millions of hard-earned public money by the mere flimsy excuse that disposition be confidential?” the complaint read. “Impeachment is the necessary, ultimate line of defense against corruption at the highest rungs of officialdom… She cannot be Vice President a minute longer,” it added
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