00:00A Quezon City court junks a petition filed by Vice President Sara Duterte's husband,
00:05Mance Carpio, to stop the impeachment proceedings against his wife.
00:09The QC court cites lack of jurisdiction and rules the case should have been filed with
00:13the Supreme Court instead.
00:14Carpio challenged the House Justice Committee's power to issue subpoenas, driving the Bureau
00:19of Internal Revenue to produce tax documents.
00:21This comes after the BIR surrendered a sealed box containing the second couple's tax records
00:26to the committee, but lawmakers opted to not open it amid legal concerns.
00:31Even then, the QC court rules a subpoena issuance is an inherent power of the committee, validly
00:36created by law.
00:37The House is set to conduct a plenary vote on Duterte's impeachment on May 11.
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