Mambabatas humihingi ng kustodiya sa saksi sa impeachment ni VP Sara Duterte

Nagmungkahi ang isang mambabatas na ilipat sa House Committee on Justice ang kustodiya ng deteinidong saksi na si Ramil Madriaga upang maprotektahan ang kanyang kaligtasan at maging magagamit sa impeachment proceedings laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte. Ito ay kasunod ng pagdedesisyon ng komite na sapat ang mga reklamo sa form at substance. Kasabay nito, hiniling din ang mga subpoena para sa mga dokumento tungkol sa kayamanan at kilos ni Duterte.

Sa isang pahayag noong Huwebes, ipinadala ni Rep. Chel Diokno ng Akbayan Partylist isang liham kay Rep. Gerville Luistro, chairman ng House Committee on Justice mula sa Batangas 2nd District. Ito ay upang ilipat ang kustodiya ni Ramil Lagunoy Madriaga, na itinuturing na mahalagang saksi sa kaso, sa komite. Si Madriaga ay kasalukuyang nakakulong sa Camp Bagong Diwa sa Bicutan, Taguig, dahil sa mga kaso ng kidnap-for-ransom.

Ayon sa affidavit ni Madriaga na isinumite sa Office of the Ombudsman noong Nobyembre 2025, siya ay nag-acted bilang bagman at organizer para kay Duterte, na nag-deliver ng malalaking halaga ng pera sa iba't ibang indibidwal batay sa utos nito. Itinanggi ito ni Duterte.

Dagdag pa rito, nagmungkahi si Diokno ng pag-isyu ng subpoena duces tecum upang kunin ang mga tala mula sa Office of the Ombudsman tungkol sa financial disclosures ni Duterte mula 2007 hanggang 2025. Hiningi rin ang sertipikasyon mula sa Anti-Money Laundering Council tungkol sa anumang suspicious transactions na may kaugnayan kay Duterte, sa kanyang asawa, o sa kanyang ama. Bukod dito, hiniling ang mga materyales mula sa National Bureau of Investigation tungkol sa alegadong mga banta ni Duterte laban kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, at dating House Speaker Martin Romualdez.

Inaasahan na pag-uusapan ng komite ang mga hiling na ito sa susunod na linggo, na magsisimula ng pormal na yugto ng pag-e-ebidensya sa pamamagitan ng compulsory processes para sa testimonya at opisyal na talaan.

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Illustration of House Justice Committee issuing subpoena to Trillanes amid testimony on Sara Duterte impeachment and confidential funds misuse.
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House justice committee subpoenas Trillanes during first Sara Duterte impeachment hearing

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During its first public hearing on April 14, 2026, the House Committee on Justice issued a subpoena directing former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV to testify and submit documents in the impeachment probe against Vice President Sara Duterte. The move came amid testimony from self-confessed bagman Ramil Madriaga detailing rapid spending of confidential funds, with the Commission on Audit affirming a P73.287 million disallowance on Office of the Vice President (OVP) expenditures.

The House justice committee will question self-proclaimed bagman Ramil Madriaga's credibility on April 14 in clarificatory hearings to assess probable cause for impeaching Vice President Sara Duterte, following earlier calls for his testimony on confidential funds misuse.

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In a follow-up to his 2024 affidavit accusing Vice President Sara Duterte of ties to drug dealers and offshore gaming operators funding her 2022 campaign, detainee Ramil Madriaga rejected a P500 million to P1 billion bribe offer from former colleagues to stay silent, his lawyer revealed. The disclosure coincides with a jail confrontation prompting transfer requests for his safety.

After wrapping up its first hearing on Vice President Sara Duterte's alleged bribery and misuse of P612.5 million in confidential funds, the House committee on justice will focus on her alleged unexplained wealth at its next session on April 22. House committee on justice chair Rep. Gerville Luistro announced this following a press conference on Tuesday.

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The House committee on justice resumed impeachment hearings against Vice President Sara Duterte on April 22, 2026—day three—focusing on her alleged unexplained wealth. Lawmakers reviewed SALNs, SEC records, income tax returns, and heard from summoned witnesses including former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and AMLC chief Eli Remolona Jr., following key documents obtained on April 21.

The House committee on justice will reconvene Monday to formally adopt its report finding probable cause to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, following last week's vote. This clears the path for sending the Articles of Impeachment to the House plenary, needing at least 106 votes to proceed to the Senate.

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The House justice committee deferred opening a sealed box containing tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband Manases Carpio, presented by the Bureau of Internal Revenue during an impeachment hearing on April 22. In a 21-4 vote, members cited legal concerns under the National Internal Revenue Code prohibiting public disclosure outside executive sessions for legislative inquiries. BIR Commissioner Charlito Martin Mendoza signed the taped box, which remains in the committee's custody.

 

 

 

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