MANILA, Philippines — The House Committee on Justice did not take shortcuts in tackling the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, Batangas 2nd District Rep. Gerville Luistro said Monday.
"We followed the Constitution. We did not rush; we did not take shortcuts," Luistro, the panel chairman, said in her opening remarks.
"We honored the process," she said.
Last Wednesday, the committee found probable cause to impeach the vice president. Today, Monday, the committee is conducting a hearing to finalize its report with the resolution containing impeachment articles which will be sent to the plenary for consideration.
"Today, May 4, we will confirm whatever previously happened, through a Committee Report," Luistro said.
"Our task is to approve these documents and transmit everything to the plenary," she said.
The 1987 Constitution requires a vote of one-third of all members of the House of Representatives to send impeachment articles to the Senate which has the power to try impeachment case.
"If the Vice President is guilty, let the truth convict her. If she is innocent, let the process clear her," Luistro said.
