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House leaders: Due process upheld in detention of VP Sara’s chief-of-staff
House leaders have refuted Vice President Sara Duterte's claims of due process violations in the detention of her chief of staff, lawyer Zuleika Lopez.
House Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe asserted that allegations of denying lawyers access are baseless and intended to damage the House's reputation.
Dalipe stated that Lopez had legal representation from Vice President Duterte herself and lawyer Lito Go, who was granted immediate access.
Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. also slammed the Vice President for allegedly misrepresenting the chamber's standard protocols regarding phone usage by detainees, calling claims of confiscated phones a lie.
Lopez was detained after being held in contempt during a House inquiry into the alleged misuse of confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education.
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Atty. Zuleika Lopez, chief of staff of Vice President Sara Duterte, was detained after being cited for contempt by the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability for allegedly interfering in the probe into the Office of the Vice President's confidential funds.
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Vice President Sara Duterte expressed dismay over the perceived lack of aid for her chief-of-staff, Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez, following a health episode during her detention at the House of Representatives.
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The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has extended the detention of Vice President Sara Duterte's Chief of Staff, lawyer Zuleika Lopez, from five to ten days.
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Vice President Sara Duterte is staying indefinitely at the office of her brother, Davao City Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte, at the House of Representatives.
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Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez, chief of staff of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), plans to take legal action against the House committee's decision to extend her detention by 10 days.
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