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De Lima expects Sara to seek SC intervention ahead of impeachment trial
Representative-elect Leila de Lima will join the House prosecution panel for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
She anticipates that Duterte's legal team may seek last-minute intervention from the Supreme Court (SC) to delay or block the proceedings.
De Lima expects the VP's lawyers will contest the legality of the impeachment complaint, arguing it cannot carry over from the current Congress to the next.
Duterte's legal team previously petitioned the SC on February 18 to issue a temporary restraining order, alleging the articles of impeachment were defective.
The VP alleged the House of Representatives circumvented the one-year ban mandated by the Constitution when it filed the fourth impeachment complaint in February.
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