A former Supreme Court spokesperson and several prominent lawyers from leading law firms were named as new members of the House prosecution panel in the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte.
Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima announced on Monday that former SC spokesperson Theodore Te has joined the prosecution team, along with lawyers Reynaldo Robles and Arnold Labay of ChanRobles and Associates Law Firm, and Mae Divinagracia of Co Divinagracia Law Offices. The new additions, De Lima said would strengthen the House panel ahead of the impeachment trial scheduled to begin on July 6.
She also announced that former Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has been designated as one of the prosecution’s spokespersons./dp