A third impeachment complaint is being filed against Vice President Sara Duterte in the House of Representatives.
There are 12 complainants composed of lawyers, priests, non-government organization (NGO) workers from Mindanao and other parts of the country who cited graft and corruption and betrayal of public trust as grounds for filing the third impeachment complaint against Vice President Duterte.
Among the notable groups who filed the complaint is the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyer (NUPL-Mindanao)
The complaint is still related to the alleged misuse of Duterte’s confidential funds in the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd)
Camarines Representative Gabriel Bordado Jr and AAMBIS-OWA Representative Lex Colada endorsed the complaint to the House of Representatives Secretary General.
The complainants and endorsers promised to issue additional statements once the filing procedures are completed.
Prior to this, two separate impeachment complaints were filed against Duterte but are still pending in the House of Representatives.
Civil society and militant organizations filed the two impeachment complaints against the vice president.
Abner is an award-winning journalist. He received the prestigious 2015 Titus Brandsma Award for Community Communication in the Philippines and participated in the 2016 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) of the United States of America, sponsored by the US Embassy in the Philippines. Founder of WATCH NORTH COTABATO, a media-citizens’ transparency group. He worked as a correspondent for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and CNN Philippines. His experience in broadcasting includes anchoring for Brigada News FM in Kidapawan and General Santos City and Brigada News TV. He anchors Tira Brigada via 105.1 Brigada News FM Manila, Mondays-Saturdays.