BIR box remains sealed as VP Sara Duterte camp files comment

Senate Secretary and Impeachment Clerk of Court Renato Bantug

The sealed box containing Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records has not been opened or marked during the Senate impeachment court’s pretrial conference—an issue that could become a point of contention and delay the trial proper later.

Senate Secretary and Impeachment Clerk of Court Renato Bantug said on Friday that unsealing the box from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) was deferred to allow the defense time to file its comment.

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