POWER PUNCH: Then Davao City court sheriff Abe Andres found himself at the receiving end of then Mayor Sara Duterte’s wrath during a shantytown demolition in July 2011. — CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate as impeachment court can compel the court sheriff who was punched by Vice President Sara Duterte to testify, a member of the House prosecutorial team said on Monday.
Atty. Mae Divinagracia made the remark after former Davao City court sheriff Abe Andres appeared to have begged off in his inclusion as witness in the upcoming impeachment trial of Duterte.
In a Facebook post last week, Andres said “it is my position ever since to refuse to comment on the incident.”
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