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Adrian Ayalin

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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/1754903330786GyDu_PsbcAAkx-b.jfif" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Religious group which filed the 3rd impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte files the 5th motion for reconsideration for the reversal of the Supreme Court decision which nullified the articles of impeachment. <em>Adrian Ayalin/ABS-CBN News. </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The group of religious people and other individuals who filed the third impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reverse its decision declaring the articles of impeachment as unconstitutional.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/8/makabayan-others-formally-ask-sc-to-reconsider-vp-sara-impeachment-ruling-1504">Makabayan, others formally ask SC to reconsider VP Sara impeachment ruling<br/></a></div><p>In their motion for intervention and motion for reconsideration, the group said the SC applied “legal fiction” on the supposed inaction of the House of Representatives on the first three impeachment complaints.</p><p>In its 13-0 decision, the High Court declared the impeachment trial of the vice president null and void because the first three complaints were effectively dismissed, triggering the one-year bar rule provided in the Constitution against the fourth complaint that was transmitted to the Senate.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/4/house-appeals-supreme-court-ruling-on-sara-duterte-impeachment-1610">House appeals Supreme Court ruling on Sara Duterte impeachment<br/></a></div><p>The group stressed that although four impeachment complaints were filed before the House Secretary General, only one was initiated and thus there was no violation of the Constitution.</p><p>“Again, although there were four matchsticks, only one of them lighted the candle,” the group said in the motion.</p><p>Among the movant-intervenors were Rev. Fr. Antonio Labiao, Rev. Fr. Joel Saballa, Rev. Fr. Ruben Villanueva, Stand Up for God Rosary Group founder Wilfredo Villanueva, Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao Vice Chair Joel Mahinay, Konsensya Davao member Maria Loreto Lopez.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/1/citizen-complainants-file-motion-for-reconsideration-over-sc-ruling-on-duterte-impeachment-1837">Citizen complainants file motion for reconsideration over SC ruling on Duterte impeachment</a></div><p>According to the group’s lawyer Amando Virgil Ligutan, they were not complaining that the fourth impeachment complaint was the one transmitted by the House to the Senate.  </p><p>“We are of the belief that the fourth impeachment complaint that the House passed is built on the strength of the impeachment complaint filed, iyong mga allegations that we had against the Vice President, isinama naman po ng House sa impeachment complaint that they transmitted to the Senate so who are we to complain?” Ligutan said.</p><p>Rev. Fr. Saballa said the SC should consider Duterte&#x27;s pronouncement that she was ready to answer the allegations of the complainants.</p><p>&quot;Naniniwala kami na mga nag-file ng impeachment, wala kaming nagawang mali, tama ang aming proseso at sana makita iyon ng Supreme Court at mabigyan kami ng pagkakataon na marinig at mailatag ang mga ebidensya na aming nakita at maari pong magpaliwanag din ang Pangalawang Pangulo mabigyan natin siya ng proper forum, sabi niya gusto niyang marinig ang kanyang panig, ito po ang pagkakataon sana na marinig at huwag sana din nila itong isara,” Saballa said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/5/supreme-court-asked-to-declare-status-quo-before-senate-tackles-ruling-on-sara-duterte-impeachment-1737">Supreme Court asked to declare status quo as Senate tackles ruling on Sara Duterte impeachment</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PsksuAYWrIw?si=zNUGk4fCU-_HRNxp" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>The group of religious people and other individuals who filed the 3rd impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reverse its decision declaring the articles of impeachment as unconstitutional.</p>

The group of religious people and other individuals who filed the 3rd impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reverse its decision declaring the articles of impeachment as unconstitutional.

Fifth motion for reconsideration seeks to reverse Supreme Court ruling on Sara Duterte impeachment

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Fifth motion for reconsideration seeks to reverse Supreme Court ruling on Sara Duterte impeachment

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published August 11, 2025 05:17 PM PHT

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