Kapunan defends Poa: ‘No conflict of interest’

MANILA, Philippines — House prosecution panel counsel Lorna Kapunan on Wednesday defended Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense lawyer, Michael Poa, against questions that his role in the impeachment trial constitutes a conflict of interest. During the period of interjections for the prosecution’s witness on Duterte’s alleged misuse of confidential funds (CFs), Commission on Audit (COA)