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INQToday: Sara Duterte’s office receives impeachment court summons
The Senate Sergeant-At-Arms served Vice President Sara Duterte with a writ of summons at her office in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday morning.
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) confirmed receipt of the summons issued by the Senate impeachment court at 11:05 a.m.
The OVP has a non-extendible period of 10 days to respond to the articles of impeachment against the Vice President.
The House of Representatives adopted a report recommending the filing of criminal charges against Vice President Sara Duterte and other officials from her office over the alleged misuse of confidential funds.
These recommended charges include technical malversation, falsification and use of falsified documents, perjury, bribery and corruption, plunder, betrayal of public trust, and culpable violation of the Constitution.
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Eighteen senators voted to return articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Z. Duterte to the House of Representatives due to alleged constitutional infirmities.
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San Juan Rep. Ysabel Maria Zamora questioned the legal basis for Vice President Sara Duterte's response to a Senate summons, particularly concerning the impeachment articles sent back to the House of Representatives.
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The Senate convened as an impeachment court on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, to hear the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte.
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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III formally moved for the Senate to convene as an impeachment court to try Vice President Sara Duterte.
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Ninety-seven members of the University of the Philippines College of Law Faculty, along with faculty from De La Salle University (DLSU), Ateneo School of Government (ASoG), and other Ateneo schools, urged the Senate to commence the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
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