'Mahiwagang kahon': House panel keeps BIR box sealed, leaves it up to Senate impeachment court

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51% : At the crux of the matter was the National Internal Revenue Code, which requires that tax documents requested for congressional inquiry be examined in executive session and in aid of legislation.
47% : She added that the committee's refusal to open and examine the income tax returns on the basis of statutory confidentiality was a "misapprehension" of the constitutional order when impeachment, she said, supersedes any legislative inquiry.
46% : We have already examined the impeachment complaints and the attached evidence, and I believe that if every congressman will just appreciate the pieces of evidence discussed in this committee, it is not unlikely that this will succeed in plenary and reach the impeachment court.) De Lima, who moved to open the box, reiterated her position during Wednesday's hearing, and argued that the committee had both the power and the constitutional mandate to examine Duterte's tax records since the documents were subpoenaed by the House committee and were directly relevant to the unexplained wealth allegation.
38% : In one of the more contentious side topics of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment hearings, the House Committee on Justice voted on Wednesday, April 29 not to open the sealed box of tax records submitted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) containing the income tax returns of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio.

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