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MANILA, Philippines – In the seriousness of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, the counsels, senator-judges and the audience managed to break into laughter when, in a series of moments, House prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan made unexpected quick-witted remarks.
On the first day of Kapunan’s direct examination of Commission on Audit (COA) auditor Roderick Wamil on Duterte’s alleged misuse of confidential funds in the Office of the Vice President (OVP), she faced the witness with several folders of documents Wamil supposedly audited.
When the 74-year-old lawyer had Wamil go over the approximately 800 documents, Kapunan asked for a recess so that the auditor could skim through the documents, and so that, in her words, she “can sit down.”
The audience and even presiding officer Senator-judge Francis “Chiz” Escudero chuckled, as he granted the request.
