Cendaña: Dropping 3 of 4 charges does not spare VP from accountability

Inquirer.net - Oct 25, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Akbayan party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña said on Sunday that the House prosecution panel’s decision to withdraw three of the four impeachment articles against Vice President Sara Duterte was a legal strategy aimed at securing a speedy resolution of the case. In an interview on dzBB’s “Bantay Balita sa Kongreso” hosted by Nimfa

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