VP Sara's tax records: 'Impeach court no keeper of evidence' —Lacson

Sen. Panfilo `Ping’ Lacson. | INQUIRER.net file photo / Edwin Bacasmas

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Saturday that the Senate, acting as an impeachment court, has no business keeping the so-called Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) green box purportedly containing the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte, and should instead return it to the House prosecution panel.

One of the agreements reached during Friday’s caucus of senators was to return the sealed box, Lacson said.

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In a dzMM interview, he said: “We have no business safekeeping evidence. Evidence should be presented by either the prosecution or the defense. They left the box with us, what are we supposed to do with it? We are a court,”