Prosecution panel spokesperson, Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong.
MANILA, Philippines — Members of the prosecution panel have made it clear that they would not meddle in any dispute that National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag has with senator-judges, saying that the reason they sought his testimony was for their investigation of Vice President Sara Duterte.
In a press briefing on Monday, both prosecution panel spokesperson, Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, and counsel for prosecutors Atty. Benjamin Tolosa Jr. said that their focus is only on the NBI’s investigation of Duterte’s threats, which forms part of Article IV of the Articles of Impeachment.
Article IV deals with Duterte’s threats made in a November 23, 2024 online press briefing, where the Vice President said she had talked to a person about killing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., first lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and former House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez if she herself gets killed.
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