The Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte officially opened this week with testimony from the National Bureau of Investigation, alongside the high-profile arrest and hospitalisation of Senator Rodante Marcoleta.
Key Points
- An NBI senior agent testified that Vice President Duterte's online death threats against the President, First Lady, and former House Speaker were real, absolute, and not AI-generated.
- The defense team argued that no impeachable offense was committed, claiming the statements were an unconventional yet justified reaction to protect her family from "Operation Romanov."
- Senator Rodante Marcoleta was hospitalised under police custody following a plunder charge, which he claims was intentionally timed to block him from participating in the trial.
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