VP Sara files answer to impeachment summons

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte, through her lawyers, filed her answer to the Senate impeachment court on Monday, June 1. Her defense team announced the filing shortly before the Senate convened as an impeachment court. “The VP, through counsel, has filed [her] answer just a few minutes ago before the Senate sitting as the impeachment court,” a member of her defense team said. The lawyers said the filing came “without prejudice” to Duterte’s pending petition before the Supreme Court. The Senate impeachment court had earlier given Duterte until June 1 to answer the Articles of Impeachment filed […]... Keep on reading: VP Sara files answer to impeachment summons