IMPEACHMENT RAPS VS VP SARA SENT TO SPEAKER DY

Two impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte have been transmitted to Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III, advancing the process toward formal initiation.

- By ELLSON QUISMORIO

House Secretary General Cheloy Garafil said she forwarded the complaints to the Speaker's office on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 5.

This places the proceedings just two steps away from initiation, which becomes official once Dy refers the complaints to the Committee on Rules, and the rules panel endorses them to the Committee on Justice during a plenary session.

Both steps can be completed in a single session day.

The next session day is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 9.

"Upon receipt and verification of the complaints and their accompanying endorsements, the Office of the Secretary General forwarded the documents to the Office of the Speaker for appropriate action," Garafil said in a statement.