Vice President Sara Duterte — Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp has accused the House of Representatives justice panel of not providing them key documents during the course of hearings, reiterating that those documents not included in the two original complaints against her should not form part of the prosecution’s evidence.
In the pre-trial brief submitted by Duterte’s lawyers to the Senate Impeachment Court — copies of which were sent by sources to INQUIRER — the phrase “The HOR-Committee on Justice did not provide the respondent with copies of the following documents prior to the committee hearing” appeared at least three times.
Every mention of this phrase was followed by a list of documents that were supposedly discussed during the three clarificatory hearings held by the House committee on justice, from the April 14 hearing on the issue of confidential fund (CF) misuse and bribery, the April 22 discussions on undeclared wealth, and the April 29 meet about grave threats.
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