Villanueva fires back at Panelo: ‘Did you want me to throw a fit?’

Inquirer.net - Oct 14, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Senate deputy majority leader Sen. Joel Villanueva on Wednesday asked Vice President Sara Duterte’s spokesperson Atty. Paolo Panelo if he should have thrown a fit over the prosecution’s move to drop three of the four articles of impeachment against Duterte. Panelo, in a statement, questioned the “lack of outrage” of the Senate

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