Sara Duterte impeachment trial Day 43: What to expect

The Defense team will be presenting on Thursday only one of the 16 bank officials it initially sought to testify as witnesses in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

This, as defense counsel Michael Poa announced that Duterte’s camp would forego the testimonies of all the bank representatives it listed as intended witnesses, except for Atty. Paul Roderick Ysmael, senior vice president of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).

“In the interest of time and as we don’t want to waste the time of the court, and to abbreviate the proceedings, we would be dispensing with the testimonies [of] the bank representatives, except for the BPI bank representative,” Poa said during Wednesday’s trial.