Prosceuction mulls summoning Duterte security officer to witness stand

Prosecution panel not ruling out Lachica as witness in Sara Duterte impeachment trial

The House prosecution panel is not ruling out the possibility of presenting former Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG) commander Colonel Raymund Lachica as a witness in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, according to former Surigao del Norte congressman Robert Ace Barbers.

Prosceuction mulls summoning Duterte security officer to witness stand

MANILA, Philippines — The testimony of Vice President Sara Duterte’s security officer, Col. Raymund Dante P. Lachica, could introduce untested claims that may put the prosecution’s case at risk but would not automatically overturn the evidence already presented, a spokesman for the prosecution panel of the House of Representatives said.Ace Barbers said the prosecution was weighing whether to call Lachica as a possible hostile witness would provi…