MANILA: Vice President Sara Duterte (pic) on Wednesday (Aug 26) blasted the prosecution in her impeachment trial for allegedly using “theatrics” and “insults.”
She said that doing these actions is a sign of “feigning confidence” in presenting what she says is a weak case.
Duterte made the pronouncement as her trial before the Senate impeachment court entered its 19th day.
“They should not be fishing for evidence during the trial or desperately try to turn something they wish to be true into a wild story of alleged wrongdoing,” said Duterte in a statement.
“A strong case does not need the adornment of theatrics,” she noted.
“A Senator calling a witness ‘stupid,’ a lawyer calling me the ‘mastermind of a scam’ or another witness referring to me as a ‘brat,’ does not prove a case, nor does it produce evidence,” she added.
According to Duterte, resorting to such insults does nothing but reveal the need to “feign confidence in the face of a weak presentation.”
Meanwhile, the vice president then alluded to the flood problem in the country, including the flood control scandal—accusing the administration of preparing to divide the 2027 budget.
“The country is already inundated with floods and poverty, but it seems no one is taking responsibility, because the impeachment, will divide the 2027 budget,” Duterte said.
“And preparing how to break the Constitution to stay in office is the priority of the administration and all its allies,” she added.
Duterte is currently facing the Senate impeachment court through her lawyers on allegations of misusing confidential funds, unexplained wealth, bribery and grave threats. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
