Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday expressed gratitude to her legal team and supporters after the Supreme Court junked, with finality, the House of Representatives’ motion for reconsideration questioning an earlier ruling that declared the impeachment articles against her unconstitutional.
Speaking in a chance interview in The Hague on January 29, Duterte said the High Court’s decision affirmed her position that the impeachment proceedings amounted to an abuse of process.
“Unang pasalamat ko sa Diyos… Pangalawang pasasalamat ko ay sa mga abogado na nagtulong-tulong para kuwestyunin yung pag-abuso ng proseso ng impeachment ng House of Representatives,” Duterte said.
“Pangatlo ay yung pasalamat ko sa lahat ng mga kababayan na patuloy na naniniwala at nagtitiwala sa akin,” she added.
The Supreme Court en banc had unanimously denied the House’s motion for reconsideration, effectively upholding its earlier ruling that voided the impeachment case against the Vice President.
Duterte made the remarks after visiting her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained at the International Criminal Court. She said she chose not to inform him about the High Court ruling during their meeting.
“Kanina, hindi ko na binanggit sa kanya yung denial ng motion for reconsideration doon sa kaso dahil ayaw ko na pag-usapan yung impeachment. Mas mabuti na pag-usapan ang mga bagay na mas may relevance sa buhay natin at sa bayan kaysa doon sa impeachment,” she said.