Manila, April 14 -- The House Committee on Justice on Tuesday adopted into its impeachment proceedings the documentary and digital records of the 19th Congress inquiry into the alleged misuse of confidential funds by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd).

Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro, who chairs the Justice panel, made the move official after Manila Rep. Joel Chua, who headed the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability in the 19th Congress, vouched for the records and formally moved for their adoption.

Chua underscored that he was not relying on secondhand knowledge when he authenticated the documents, as he personally presided over the earlier hearings in which the records...