Advocacy groups on Monday afternoon filed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte and endorsed by Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña.
The complaint was filed in the Secretary General’s Office at the House of Representatives by civil society organizations, religious leaders, sectoral representatives, and families of victims of extrajudicial killings.
GMA News Online sought comment from the Office of the Vice President, and will update this story once it responds.
The impeachment complaint was filed a week after Duterte made the controversial remark of contracting someone to kill President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, if an alleged plot against her succeeds.
She later on clarified that her statement was not a threat, saying she only highlighted the alleged threat to her security. She also said that her remark was “taken out of logical context.”
Authorities, however, have considered Duterte’s remarks as a threat to the President and a matter of national security.
Marcos has also vowed to block “criminal attempts” against him.
The President, however, later on said he is not supportive of any impeachment plan against Duterte, believing that it would not benefit the lives of Filipinos.—AOL, GMA Integrated News
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