Several posts are circulating on Facebook alleging that members of the House of Representatives were pressured to sign the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte. This is not true.
A reader sent a request through VERA Files’ Messenger Misinformation Tip Line to verify the claim. The FB pages and users spread similar posts, with part of the text that read:
“Kinulong sila sa isang room, ang mga pinilit pumirma sa impeachment laban kay VP Sara, kinuha ang cellphones, nagkatakutan at gaguhan na para pumirma. Si JJ Suarez ang naninigaw na parang ulul daw.
([House members] were forced inside a room. They were forced to sign the impeachment [complaint] against VP Sara. Their cellphones were confiscated and they were also threatened to sign it. [Quezon Province Rep. Jay-jay Suarez] was shouting like a madman).”
In separate interviews, members of the House Majority and Minority blocs refuted this allegation.
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