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Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Job Manahan

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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/175557090250720241211-vpsd-presscon-MT-21.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team on Tuesday said they already submitted to the Supreme Court their comment on the motion for reconsideration filed by the House of Representatives on her impeachment.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/8/18/sc-decision-sa-duterte-impeachment-malawak-ang-epekto-map-1117">SC decision sa Duterte impeachment malawak ang epekto - MAP</a></div><p>Michael Poa, among Duterte’s legal counsels, said their camp filed it on Monday. August 18.</p><p>Poa said the camp would not be providing a copy of the document.</p><p>“In deference to the sub judice rule and out of respect for the judicial process, we will not be granting media interviews or issuing further statements at this time,” Poa told reporters.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/13/sara-duterte-camp-gearing-up-for-highly-probable-2026-impeachment-lawyer-1448">&#x27;She&#x27;s ready&#x27;: Sara Duterte camp gearing up for &#x27;highly probable&#x27; 2026 impeachment</a></div><p>The Supreme Court in July blocked the Senate impeachment trial of Duterte, saying it violated a constitutional provision against multiple impeachment proceedings within a single year.</p><p>Last Aug. 4, the House filed the motion for reconsideration on the High Court’s decision that nullified the articles of impeachment against Duterte.</p><p>In its motion for reconsideration, the lower chamber pointed out supposed “factual errors” in the Supreme Court’s decision, and argued that “the fourth impeachment complaint could not have been barred by the archival, termination, or dismissal of the first three impeachment complaints, because while the latter were undergoing the process of inclusion and referral the fourth impeachment complaint was completed.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/17/business-groups-urge-supreme-court-to-reconsider-vp-duterte-impeachment-ruling-1632">Business groups urge Supreme Court to reconsider Sara Duterte impeachment ruling</a></div><p>The House also denied that Duterte’s right to due process was violated.</p><p>The Senate earlier this month voted to archive Duterte’s impeachment case.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></div><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/D1ftpLK0_Xg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><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/nnEcbKGFlKc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team confirmed that they already submitted <i>to the Supreme Court </i>their comment on the motion for reconsideration filed by the House of Representatives on her impeachment.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team confirmed that they already submitted to the Supreme Court their comment on the motion for reconsideration filed by the House of Representatives on her impeachment.

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VP Duterte defense team submits comment to SC on House appeal on impeachment

Job Manahan,

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Published Aug 19, 2025 10:38 AM PHT

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