VP Duterte camp taps legal academic to counter unexplained wealth charge

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense lawyers will present a former law dean as its first witness to refute the prosecution’s claims that Duterte amassed unexplained wealth in office when her trial resumes next week. Duterte’s defense team Fortun Narvasa & Salazar law firm informed the prosecution team on Wednesday it intends to call Ralph Sarmiento as its first witness, a former dean of the University of St. La Salle College of Law in Bacolod City. READ: Sara Duterte camp: Prosecution evidence ‘inadmissible’ in Senate trial “Dean Sarmiento will testify on legal and constitutional principles relevant to this impeachment […]...Keep on reading: VP Duterte camp taps legal academic to counter unexplained wealth charge

Nov 4, 2026 - 22:30
VP Duterte camp taps legal academic to counter unexplained wealth charge
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense lawyers will present a former law dean as its first witness to refute the prosecution’s claims that Duterte amassed unexplained wealth in office when her trial resumes next week. Duterte’s defense team Fortun Narvasa & Salazar law firm informed the prosecution team on Wednesday it intends to call Ralph Sarmiento as its first witness, a former dean of the University of St. La Salle College of Law in Bacolod City. READ: Sara Duterte camp: Prosecution evidence ‘inadmissible’ in Senate trial “Dean Sarmiento will testify on legal and constitutional principles relevant to this impeachment […]...

Keep on reading: VP Duterte camp taps legal academic to counter unexplained wealth charge

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