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House leaders deny ganging up on Sara Duterte, say no impeachment talks

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RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — House Deputy Majority Leader for Communications Erwin Tulfo on Thursday denied that the chamber was executing a demolition job against Vice President Sara Duterte and her family as rumors of alleged impeachment raps swirled.Tulfo said the issue on the confidential funds for Duterte&#x27;s offices was not enough to impeach her.&quot;Hindi eh, it&#x27;s not enough, parang it will not hold water, hindi siya ganoon kalakas... Like what the leadership is saying, there&#x27;s none. Walang pag-uusap, walang plano, pagbalik namin sa Lunes, pagdating ni Speaker no such thing. No impeachment right now vs the Vice President,&quot; Tulfo said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/06/23/speaker-sees-no-quarrel-with-vp-sara-on-confidential-funds">Speaker sees no quarrel with VP Sara on confidential funds</a></li></ul>Tulfo made the statement after House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro told reporters that there were discussions among congressmen to impeach Duterte. Castro has since walked back on those comments.<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2875814" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>Tulfo said he did not know where Castro got the information, which surprised even the House leadership. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/11/14/23/romualdez-hails-duterte-move-to-drop-confidential-funds">Romualdez hails Duterte move to drop confidential funds</a></li></ul>&quot;Intriga. That&#x27;s what I can say and that&#x27;s what everybody, the leadership, will say, intriga na there&#x27;s something, the House is going after the Duterte family,&quot; he added. &quot;There&#x27;s no such thing as unity against the Vice President... Our marching order from the Speaker [is] unite para sa ating bayan and move forward; hindi yung unite behind the Speaker, unite versus Sara Duterte and her family. There&#x27;s no such thing,&quot; Tulfo said.Separately, House Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe said speculation that lawmakers were planning to impeach the Vice President was &quot;unfounded&quot; and only aimed to sow discord between Duterte and Speaker Martin Romualdez.&quot;There is no truth in them,&quot; Dalipe&#x27;s said in a statement.He added that Romualdez had no plans yet for the 2028 elections so there was no truth to claims he was out to take Duterte out as a potential presidential rival. &quot;These rumors are without merit... Speaker Romualdez has always shown respect towards the Vice President and such derogatory tactics are not part of his approach and his character,&quot; Dalipe said. He also explained the stringent requirements for filing an impeachment complaint in Congress.&quot;The process is rigorous and requires significant evidence for it to be considered by Congress,&quot; he said. Last week, the House approved a resolution in defense of the chamber and Romualdez&#x27;s leadership following former President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s tirades.The House unseated 2 Duterte allies as deputy speakers for failing to sign the resolution. At the same time, the former president&#x27;s party-mates started moving to other parties.

Tulfo also dismissed as intrigue talks that the House is out to get the Vice President and her family.

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House leaders deny ganging up on Sara Duterte, say no impeachment talks

RG Cruz,

ABS-CBN News

Published Nov 16, 2023 03:13 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 17, 2023 09:57 AM PHT

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