Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial enters 19th day, with counsel for the House prosecution Amando Ligutan to explain his public statements related to the trial, following a manifestation from defense lead counsel Sheila Sison over a social media post that appeared to reference a defense lawyer’s statement during the cross-examination of state auditor Xylene del Campo.
After Ligutan’s explanation, presiding officer Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero is expected to rule on the matter before the court proceeds with the cross-examination of the prosecution’s second hostile witness, Office of the Vice President Assistant Chief of Staff Lemuel Ortonio, who testified about the processing and use of the OVP’s confidential funds from the fourth quarter of 2022 to the third quarter of 2023