Office of the Vice President Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez and House Prosecution private counsel Lorna Kapunan.
MANILA, Philippines — Lawyer Lorna Kapunan has announced that the House of Representatives’ prosecution team will no longer present Office of the Vice President (OVP) chief-of-staff and Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez as a witness for the impeachment trial, as her testimony will only be unnecessary and a surplus.
During the trial on Tuesday, Kapunan — private counsel for the prosecution team — said that they think Lopez and Capt. Belinda Bello’s testimonies on the accusations that Vice President Sara Duterte made grave threats will be redundant to the examinations of two National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Senior Agent John Mark Calilung and Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc.
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