MANILA – The second impeachment case filed against Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio focuses on the alleged fake receipts submitted by the Office of the Vice President to justify its use of confidential funds.
According to Bayan president Renato Reyes Jr., some 70 complainants including youth leaders, teachers, government employees, health workers, and multi-sectoral groups joined forces for the second impeachment complaint accusing Duterte-Carpio of betrayal of public trust.
“Paano ba ginastos ang confi funds? Paano na-utilize ‘yung more than half a billion ng confidential funds? Paano ‘yan ginastos mula December 2022 hanggang third quarter 2023?” Reyes said in an interview with TeleRadyo Serbisyo on Wednesday.
“Paano pineke? Paano nilabag ‘yung mga alituntunin ng Commission on Audit pagdating sa pag-uulat. Diyan papasok ‘yung mga questionable na resibo, Mary Grace Piattos at iba pang kwestyonableng pamamaraan ng liquidation.”
The filing of the impeachment complaint runs counter to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s earlier remarks discouraging his allies in Congress from supporting the impeachment.
On Monday, a separate impeachment complaint was filed by a group civil society organizations, led by former Department of Justice secretary Leila de Lima, against Duterte-Carpio.
De Lima stated that Duterte-Carpio allegedly had four impeachable offenses that fell under the culpable violation of the Constitution, graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust and other high crimes.
Duterte-Carpio was a subject of impeachment talks ever since the House of Representatives’ committee on good governance and public accountability discovered different issues at the OVP and Department of Education./PN
