VP Sara asks SC to deny House MR on impeachment decision

Vice President Sara Duterte sought the denial of the motion filed by the House of Representatives (HOR) to reconsider the unanimous Supreme Court (SC) decision that declared unconstitutional the articles of impeachment filed against her.

- By REY G. PANALIGAN AND RAYMUND ANTONIO

In her 27-page comment, Duterte said “the decision requires no factual correction: it rests on an unshaken foundation of truth.”

In its unanimous decision signed by 13 justices last July 25, the SC declared that the impeachment complaint filed by the HOR on Feb. 5, 2025 is barred by the one-year rule under Article XI, Section 3(5) of the Constitution and that it violates the right to due process enshrined in the Bill of Rights.

While the SC declared its decision final and executory, it accepted the HOR’s motion for reconsideration filed last Aug. 4.

Last Aug. 5, the SC required Vice President Duterte and the other petitioners in two cases to comment in 10 days on the motion filed by the HOR.