Vice President Sara Duterte speaks with the Filipino community in The Hague, Netherlands as she visits her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, from the International Criminal Court. (Photo screengrabbed from the video shared by the Office of the Vice President)
MANILA, Philippines — House impeachment prosecutor, Rep. Joel Chua of Manila on Tuesday said the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Z. Duterte will proceed even if she personally chooses not to appear before the Senate impeachment court.
Speaking in an interview on ANC’s “Headstart”, Chua explained that under impeachment rules, the Senate’s writ of summons primarily requires the vice president to submit her answer to the articles of impeachment and enter her plea before the court.
“The impeachment court issued a writ of summons because the writ of summons, there are two purposes for that. One is for the vice president to appear before the impeachment court and the other one for her to submit the answer within 10 days,” Chua said.
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