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The prosecution panel need not have looked far in arguing why a kill order is not a mere threat. Or would that be pushing it too far?
What Day 2 of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, July 7, showed us is the hurdle that defense counsels had to overcome in relation to the charge that she had made grave threats against the President, the First Lady, and a former House speaker. That’s because the threats — captured in video and watched by many — came from her own mouth.
Thus it made sense for the prosecution to make this their opening salvo among the four articles of impeachment that they lodged against VP Duterte. The defense threw more than a dozen objections to the showing of the video of Duterte’s press conference with her blogger-supporters and members of the media on Zoom on November 23, 2024. (If you haven’t seen it, it’s here.)
There was no way it would not be shown, anyway.
