Sara Duterte. INQUIRER PHOTO / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA; Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong. Photo from Adiong’s Facebook page.
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate impeachment court, not the House prosecution panel, will decide whether former Davao City court sheriff Abe Andres can be excused from testifying in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial after he sought to be excluded from the proceedings, House prosecution panel spokesperson and Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said on Saturday.
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Speaking at the Saturday News Forum at Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City, Adiong said the prosecution understood Andres’ reluctance to relive his encounter with Duterte after the former sheriff appealed to be excluded from what he described as “partisan political matters.”FEATURED STORIES
“We understand the apprehension of Mr. Abe. That’s a raw emotion because what he experienced from the Vice President is not something a person would want to relive,” Adiong said.
