Manila, July 20 -- The House prosecution panel on Monday night welcomed the Senate impeachment court's decision granting its requests to subpoena Vice President Sara Z. Duterte's bank, financial and tax records, calling the ruling a victory not only for the prosecution but ultimately for truth, accountability and the Filipino people.

After the seventh day of the impeachment trial, House prosecution legal spokesperson lawyer Benjamin "Jay" Tolosa Jr. explained that the impeachment court agreed that the panel had sufficiently shown the relevance and specificity of the documents it sought.

These motions covered the specified bank records, Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) records involving Duterte a...