BREITBART | Published December 4, 2024
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was hit with a second impeachment complaint on Wednesday, as she faces probes over an alleged death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos and use of government funds.
The daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte has been engulfed in political turmoil after her alliance with Marcos spectacularly collapsed ahead of next year’s mid-term elections.
Duterte quit her cabinet post of education secretary in June after relations between the two powerful families reached breaking point and have since shattered.
Wednesday’s complaint filed by activists, teachers, former congressional members and others accused Duterte of betraying public trust for the alleged misuse of millions of dollars in public funds while she was education minister, left-wing coalition Makabayan said.
“The Vice President’s brazen misuse of more than half a billion pesos ($8.5 million) in confidential funds, particularly the suspicious liquidation of 125 million pesos in just 11 days at the end of 2022, represents a grave betrayal of public trust,” former congressman Teddy Casino, and one of the complainants, said in a statement.
“The Filipino people, especially our taxpayers who bear the burden of funding government operations, deserve accountability from their second highest official.”
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte attends a legislative inquiry into her office’s use of public funds at the House of Representatives, in Quezon City, Philippines, last month. Two impeachment complaints have been filed against the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte this week [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]
AL JAZEERA| Published December 4,, 2024
Activists in the Philippines have lodged a new impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.
At least 74 left-wing complainants, including human rights and labour leaders, asked the country’s House of Representatives on Wednesday to unseat Duterte over the alleged misuse of government funds.
The request follows an impeachment motion filed earlier this week that focused on a recent public threat against the president. The incident has brought a power struggle between the pair’s powerful political clans to light.
Wednesday’s motion was over a “betrayal of public trust” concerning the misappropriation of 612.5 million pesos ($10.3m) in so-called “confidential funds”, and demanded that Duterte be permanently barred from office.
The complaint against the 46-year-old lawyer, daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, is the second in as many days.
On Monday, civil society and religious leaders submitted a case covering 24 alleged crimes and irregularities involving corruption and misconduct.
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SOURCE: www.aljazeera.com
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