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Vice-President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City on November 25, 2024, while the hearing on alleged irregularities in the use of confidential funds by the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education is suspended. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Vice-President Sara Duterte

Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173270397670220241125-duterte-sara-hor-hearing-MT-7.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Vice-President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City on November 25, 2024, while the hearing on alleged irregularities in the use of confidential funds by the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education is suspended. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice-President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City on November 25, 2024, while the hearing on alleged irregularities in the use of confidential funds by the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education is suspended. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span>MANILA -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday said it does not intend to file disbarment cases against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying that it would leave calls for the cancellation of the second-in-command&#x27;s lawyer&#x27;s license to the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).</div><p>&quot;Hindi po kami maghahain ng partikular na kaso dahil ang IBP po mas nakakaalam at aakyat din po yan sa Korte Suprema,&quot; DOJ Undersecretary Jesse Andress said in a press conference.</p><p>&quot;Pinapabayaan po natin ang IBP to investigate and if they need to elevate it before the Supreme Court, let it take the national course of the law,&quot; he said.</p><p>Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation and disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon earlier filed a letter to the Supreme Court, urging magistrates to start a motu propio disbarment proceeding against Duterte after she divulged a kill plot against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and some of his relatives.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/27/gadon-asks-supreme-court-disbar-vp-sara-duterte-0955">READ: Gadon asks Supreme Court to disbar VP Sara Duterte</a></div><p>Aside from Gadon&#x27;s letter, the high court had received an anonymous letter earlier this month seeking Duterte&#x27;s disbarment after she <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/26/anonymous-person-seeks-sara-dutertes-disbarment-over-marcos-sr-exhumation-jab-1611">threatened to exhume the remains</a> for former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. from the Libingan ng mga Bayani.</p><p><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong>:</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kZQ7h1H87G8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div></div>

<p>Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation and disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon earlier filed a letter to the Supreme Court, urging magistrates to start a motu propio disbarment proceeding against Duterte.</p>

Presidential Adviser on Poverty Alleviation and disbarred lawyer Larry Gadon earlier filed a letter to the Supreme Court, urging magistrates to start a motu propio disbarment proceeding against Duterte.

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DOJ leaves disbarment cases vs VP Sara Duterte to IBP

Katrina Domingo,

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Published November 27, 2024 06:40 PM PHT

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