VP Sara's trial: Her response to the articles of impeachment

Vice President Sara Duterte | INQUIRER.net files

MANILA, Philippines – A sweeping technical assault has been launched by the camp of Vice President Sara Duterte on the case against her as the Senate prepares to resume its function as an impeachment court next month.

Duterte’s defense team said in a roughly 50-page answer, of which an executive summary was made, that the Articles of Impeachment “are constitutionally infirm, procedurally defective, and substantively deficient.”

In response, justice panel chair Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro said on Tuesday that the Duterte camp only touched on “purely technical issues.”

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