November 9, 2026|12:00 am
MANILA, Philippines-- Vice President Sara Duterte's defense group the other day validated that a person of their witnesses, GenCorp Industries Inc. business counsel Suzette Balucanag-Punay would be not able to participate in the impeachment hearing today.
“We verify that Atty. Suzette Balucanag-Punay notified us that she will be not able to go to tomorrow’s hearing due to a formerly arranged MRI (magnetic resonance imaging),” defense spokesperson Michael Poa stated in a message to The STAR the other day.
He clarified that the witness would just be missing today. She has actually been arranged to appear before the impeachment court from Nov. 9-13.
The impeachment trial is arranged to resume today, with the defense group’s turn to provide its witnesses and proof.
Poa stated the defense group acknowledges “that her (Punay) health and wellness should take top priority,” which they have currently “without delay submitted the essential symptom before the (Senate) impeachment court.”
In her declaration of possessions, liability and net worth from 2016 to 2025, Duterte noted herself as an incorporator or investor of GenCorp Industries.
Her name supposedly did not appear as an incorporator or shareholder of GenCorp in its Articles of Incorporation and General Information Sheets sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2020 to 2025.
Previously, political and constitutional law teacher Ralph Sarmiento pled off to look like the very first witness of the defense, stating he wished to keep his views and viewpoints independent.
Prosecution ratings defense witness list
The prosecution panel slammed some of the names in the defense’s witness list for having absolutely nothing to do with the supposed unusual wealth of the Vice President.
“For example, a Quezon City district attorney (Vimar Barcellano) was called as one of the witnesses, however there was no sign at all with regard to the function on why is he being called,” personal district attorney Benjamin Tolosa Jr. stated throughout a weekly news online forum in Quezon City over the weekend.
“And there was likewise another witness from the banks. There was no description at all on why his statement is essential,” he kept in mind.
The Duterte camp at first sent a list of 25 designated witnesses for the impeachment trial. — Delon Porcalla
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