Lawyers supporting Duterte say that the dismissal has been precipitated without regular procedure.
Supporters of the Vice-President of the Philippines, Sara Duterte, urged the Supreme Court to reject her dismissal, calling this a politically motivated attack.
In a petition placed on Tuesday, lawyers supporting Duterte argued that the dismissal– Based on the accusations of corruption and betrayal of public confidence – has been pushed without regular procedure and should be canceled. They also called on the court to block a trial in the imminent Senate which could expel it from its functions.
“There was no appropriate deliberation. There was no appropriate discussion, “said lawyer Israelito Torreon, one of the 29 petitioners, outside a place near the High Court of Manila. “The vice-president was not even summoned to respond for alleged allegations … There was therefore no regular procedure.”
Torreon said that the dismissal procedure is likely to disqualify from the 2028 Presidential race.
Alleged assassination field, poorly used funds
Duterte, a unique ally of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, was Itineaire by the House of Representatives February 5 and must be officially tried in the Senate this summer.
Among the crimes she is accused is an alleged assassination plot against Marcos. This accusation stems from a program responsible for explanive in which Duterte said he asked a man to kill Marcos if she were to be killed first. Duterte says she was simply sold the frustration of the administration.
Duterte is also accused of having addressed intelligence funds as vice-president and secretary of education before resigning from this position while his alliance with the president collapsed last year. It did not publicly provide detailed response to allegations of corruption and corruption.
Duterte’s alliance with the Marcos running mate quickly collapsed after winning the presidential race together in 2022.
While the campaign for senatorial candidates presenting themselves in the next mid-term elections, which will be held on May 12, Marcos, without naming the Dutertes, publicly denounced the bloody anti-drug repression of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte, the father of the vice-president.
Last week, Rodrigo Duterte, known for his violent tirades against political opponents – often rejected as a joke – declared during a campaign rally that 15 senators should be killed To free up more vacant positions for its mid-term allies. Police filed a criminal complaint with the Ministry of Justice against the former president for these declarations.
