House asks SecGen to send Duterte impeachment case to Senate

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has tasked the Office of the Secretary General to prepare and transmit the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate for trial after 257 lawmakers voted in favor of the committee report recommending her removal from office. During the tail end of the session on Monday, presiding officer and Senior Deputy Speaker Ferdinand Hernandez first manifested a correction in the vote count, as 257 lawmakers voted in the affirmative, instead of the original announcement that 255 members supported the House committee on justice’s Committee Report No. 261. The negative […]...

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