Iloilo Third District Rep. and House Senior Deputy Majority Leader Lorenz Defensor believes that the new impeachment complaints filed against Vice President Sara Duterte have substance.
“Sigurado akong kung may i-finile at kung kasama yung ibang allegations nung nakaraang impeachment complaints, there will certainly be substance in the impeachment complaints,” Defensor said in a media interview on Thursday, Feb. 26.
The Ilonggo lawmaker was part of House prosecution panel for the impeachment complaint lodged against Duterte in 2025.
“The evidence last time, matatag yun. Saying na may kinausap kang tao handang pumatay sa Presidente kahit anong taon, it will always be an impeachable offense,” Defensor told reporters.
In November 2024, Duterte disclosed that she hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., First Lady Lisa Araneta-Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez if she herself were killed.
“Kung may bagong ebidensyang maihahain ang mga complainants at ang mga endorsers nitong bagong apat na impeachment complaints, it will only strengthen the evidence against the respondent, against the vice president,” said Defensor.
The four impeachment complaints filed against Duterte will be deliberated by the House Committee on Justice starting March 2 to determine whether they are sufficient in form and in substance.IMT
