Metro Manila, Philippines – The impeachment process against Vice President Sara Duterte followed the Constitutional limit that prohibits multiple proceedings against one official within a year, House justice committee chairperson Jinky Luistro said.
Luistro issued the remark on Thursday, April 9, in response to Duterte’s petition before the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the impeachment proceedings at the House of Representatives over supposed constitutional flaws.
Duterte said the proceedings are void from the beginning for violating the one-year bar rule, after the first two complaints were set aside and withdrawn, respectively.
Four complaints were originally filed against Duterte in February, but only two advanced to the formal hearings.
“The committee is fully compliant with the one-year bar rule as interpreted by the Supreme Court. We see no violation of any constitutional limitation,” Luistro said.
