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House panel orders release of VP Duterte’s chief of staff
The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability ordered the release of Office of the Vice President chief of staff Zuleika Lopez after a medical examination.
Lopez was detained on November 20 after being cited in contempt for alleged undue interference and giving evasive responses during a hearing on the confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President.
She had been confined at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center since November 23.
Lopez was released from the medical center at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 30.
Her detention, initially set to expire on November 25, was extended by the House until November 30.
Vice President Sara Duterte allegedly intervened to order Lopez's transfer from House detention to a correctional facility.
The Vice President also made controversial claims during an online press conference regarding potential assassination orders.
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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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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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