Lawyer sees hard road ahead for VP Sara Duterte impeachment

Vice President Sara Duterte addresses the media at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City on November 26, 2024, regarding her remarks about President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez. Duterte clarified that her comments, made during a virtual press conference, were not intended as threats but as expressions of concern for her safety.  The National Bureau of Investigation has issued and served a subpoena asking the vice president to appear at the NBI office and explain her tirades on Friday. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

Sara Duterte-presscon-VMMC

David Dizon

ABS-CBN News

<p>An election lawyer sees a hard road ahead for the impeachment attempt against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying the latter only needs 8 votes in the Senate to beat the complaint.</p><p>Speaking to TeleRadyo Serbisyo, Atty. Romulo Macalintal said it is not right for complainants to just file the information.</p><p>“Sa akin hindi tama &#x27;yung nais nilang ma-impeach. Hindi ganun dapat, Dapat nais nilang matanggal sa tungkulin sa pamamagitan ng impeachment. ‘Yung impeach, para ka lang nag aakusa. Parang kriminal case sa piskilya,” he said.</p><p>Duterte, daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte, is facing 2 impeachment complaints before the House of Representatives.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/2/-emb-vp-sara-duterte-faces-impeachment-complaint-1518">VP Sara Duterte faces impeachment complaint</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/4/vp-sara-duterte-faces-second-impeachment-complaint-1532">VP Sara Duterte faces second impeachment complaint</a></div><p>If the impeachment attempt hurdles the Lower House, the complaint still needs the two-thirds vote of the Senate or a total of 16 votes of senators to convict.</p><p>Macalintal noted that even the previous impeachment complaint against President Joseph Estrada did not reach a vote after prosecutors walked out of the Senate trial.</p><p>“Makuha ba nila yung two’-thirds vote to convict? ‘Yung 2/3rd dapat 16 ang boboto kahit 23 lang sila. Makakuha lamang ng 8 si VP Sara, tapos na ‘yun o kaya kapag maraming nag-abstain, hindi mare-reach ‘yung 16,” he said.</p><p>“Kung sa tingin nila Sara ay kontrolado nila ang Senate, pababayaan na lang nila na ma-impeach siya sa House.”</p>

<p>An election lawyer sees a hard road ahead for the impeachment attempt against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying the latter only needs 8 votes in the Senate to beat the complaint.</p>

An election lawyer sees a hard road ahead for the impeachment attempt against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying the latter only needs 8 votes in the Senate to beat the complaint.

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'All she needs is 8': Lawyer sees hard road ahead for VP Sara Duterte impeachment

'All she needs is 8': Lawyer sees hard road ahead for VP Sara Duterte impeachment

David Dizon,

ABS-CBN News

Published Dec 05, 2024 09:59 AM PHT

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