Who’d place contract to kill on paper?
During Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial, prosecution members argued that the existence of a formal contract for an assassination is logically absurd. Legal experts noted that such illegal agreements would not be documented or notarized.
Why it matters
This highlights the intersection of high-stakes political legal proceedings and the practical realities of criminal evidence in the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines - With the argument that Vice President Sara Duterte's threats to ranking officials is not substantiated by an actual contract between her and an assassin, prosecution panel spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers has pointed out that no one in their right state of mind would put such a deal on paper.
The article reports on the arguments presented by the prosecution team during a public trial without endorsing their validity.
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