Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has been charged with "grave threats" in relation to an alleged assassination plot against President Bongbong Marcos. The charge was filed in a Quezon City courtroom, with the Department of Justice asserting the case can proceed concurrently with an ongoing Senate impeachment trial. Duterte's legal team argued that an impeachable officer cannot be prosecuted for an offense that is also part of an impeachment case, but a law professor stated that the cases could proceed independently. AI
RANK_REASON Significant legal and political development involving a high-ranking government official. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.0]
- Bongbong Marcos
- Dante Gatmaytan
- Department Of Justice United States
- Paul Lawrence Lim
- Polo Martinez
- Quezon City
- Sara Duterte
- University of the Philippines College of Law
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