Manila, March 17 -- House Committee on Justice chairperson Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro on Tuesday said Vice President Sara Duterte's camp missed a crucial opportunity to directly address the allegations against her, as impeachment proceedings move forward in the House of Representatives.

According to Luistro, the Vice President was given the chance to respond to the charges laid out in the complaints, but her camp failed to tackle the accusations point by point.

"That is why we are giving opportunity to the Vice President, our respondent, to respond doon sa mga offenses at sa mga grounds na incorporate doon sa dalawang complaints (to the offenses and to the grounds incorporated in the two impeachment complaints," Luistro said in a ...