MANILA, June 23 — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has formally asked the Senate impeachment court to dismiss the complaint filed against her, citing a constitutional violation. In a response filed ad cautelam (with caution) on Monday, Duterte argued that the complaint breached the one-year bar rule under Section 3(5), Article XI of the 1987 Constitution, which limits the filing of impeachment complaints against the same official to once per year. “Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, by counsel, without waiving any jurisdictional and/or other objections she has to this case and the Fourth Impeachment Complaint, respectfully states: the fourth impeachment complaint must be dismissed because it is void ab initio for violating the One-Year Bar Rule under Section 3 (5) Article XI of the 1987 Constitution,” her legal filing stated. The House of Representatives also received a copy of Duterte’s response, in which she denied the allegations and noted
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