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House prosecutors: Sara Duterte reply lacks material response

MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution panel for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial said her official reply to the charges offered no “material response,” as it filed a manifestation on Monday that stopped short of a formal rebuttal as such would serve no “useful purpose” for the proceedings. The five-page manifestation, submitted by House Secretary General Cheloy Garafil to the Senate, said that Duterte merely raised “procedural, jurisdiction and constitutional objections” instead of counter-evidence against the accusations of wrongdoing against her “The Answer raises no material factual issue that requires a responsive pleading,” it said. “It does not meaningfully […]... Keep on reading: House prosecutors: Sara Duterte reply lacks material response