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<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/18/who-is-mary-grace-piattos-lawmakers-offer-1-m-reward-2125">Who is Mary Grace Piattos</a>? And who was the hitman allegedly contracted by Vice President Sara Duterte <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/11/-buti-nang-alam-nila-sara-duterte-says-no-regrets-in-baring-kill-plot-vs-marcos-jr-1556">to kill</a> President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, First Lady Liza Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez?These and more are just some of the questions left unanswered after majority of senators voted to <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/6/senators-voting-on-marcoleta-motion-to-archive-sara-duterte-impeachment-1906">archive the impeachment articles</a> against the Vice President.Alleged misuse and malversation of Department of Education and Office of the Vice Presidents confidential funds is just one of the seven articles of impeachment against Duterte, including the alleged spending of P125 million in confidential funds in 11 days in 2022.The name “Mary Grace Piattos”, one of the alleged beneficiaries of the confidential funds, was earlier flagged by lawmakers, with the Philippine Statistics Authority confirming the person <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/3/alleged-ovp-fund-recipient-mary-grace-piattos-lacks-birth-record-psa-1000">does not exist,</a> having no birth, marriage or death certificates. The Vice President&#x27;s camp earlier said the name could be a pseudonym.Congressman Joel Chua, a member of the House impeachment team, said he remains hopeful that the Supreme Court will vote in their favor in their motion for reconsideration and reverse its ruling that the impeachment articles are unconstitutional.“Hindi tayo magpapatinag sa hangarin natin na ipagpatuloy ang hustisya at pananagutan. Sa akin lamang po, ang pinagkaitan ng ating mga senador ng due process ay ang taumbayan na sumisigaw po ng accountability. Bagamat ganun ang nangyari, hindi pa naman po tapos ang laban dahil pending pa rin po ang ating inihaing motion for reconsideration sa Korte Suprema,” he said in a radio DZMM interview.He asserted the SC ruling intrudes into Congress&#x27; power to create its own rules of impeachment.He also rejected the assertion of former congressman and now Sen. Rodante Marcoleta that the impeachment complaint was “hilaw” (raw) and did not follow proper procedure, noting that 215 lawmakers signed the complaint.“We respect [former congressman] Marcoleta but this was more than one-third of the vote signed and all the processes were followed based on what is in the Constitution…and the House rules on impeachment,” he said.“Wala kaming nakikitang dahilan para sabihin niyang hilaw.”<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dn4d9Umgw7E?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>

<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/18/who-is-mary-grace-piattos-lawmakers-offer-1-m-reward-2125">Who is Mary Grace Piattos</a>? And who was the hitman allegedly contracted by Vice President Sara Duterte <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/11/-buti-nang-alam-nila-sara-duterte-says-no-regrets-in-baring-kill-plot-vs-marcos-jr-1556">to kill</a> President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, First Lady Liza Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez?

Who is Mary Grace Piattos ? And who was the hitman allegedly contracted by Vice President Sara Duterte to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, First Lady Liza Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez?

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Who is Mary Grace Piattos? Questions linger as Senate archives impeachment vs Sara Duterte

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Published August 07, 2025 09:23 AM PHT

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