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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte announces her intention to run for the country's presidency in 2028 during a press conference in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila on February 18, 2026. A Philippine congressional committee agreed overwhelmingly today to send articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte to lawmakers for a vote that could decide her political future. — AFP pic
MANILA, March 4 — Philippine lawmakers ordered Vice President Sara Duterte today to respond to impeachment complaints against her after finding substance to allegations involving unexplained wealth, the misuse of public funds and making public threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte is seen as a frontrunner for the 2028 presidential elections, and has said she will run for the top post. She survived a similar impeachment bid last year, which the Supreme Court struck down for violating constitutional safeguards.
If convicted by the Senate at trial, Duterte would be removed from office and disqualified from holding any future government position.
Duterte’s defence team during the impeachment proceedings did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Today’s vote in the House of Representatives’ justice committee comes amid a bitter falling out between the two leaders, both scions of powerful political families, who swept to power in 2022 before becoming rivals. Before any vote on whether an impeachment trial should go ahead, the House will consider Duterte’s response to the charges, if she makes one, as well as any reply from the complainants.
The complaints against Duterte include the misuse of confidential funds, bribery and unexplained wealth, and publicly threatening to have Marcos killed, along with his wife and a cousin who was House speaker at the time.
“This is a very good development that the process of accountability is now moving,” Representative Leila de Lima told Reuters. De Lima endorsed one of the complaints against Duterte.
Four impeachment complaints were initially lodged against Duterte, but one complaint was dismissed over a rule that prohibits such complaints from being filed within a year after previously being submitted. Another complaint was withdrawn to fast-track the proceedings and because it was similar to another complaint.
Marcos survived a separate impeachment bid against him last month after his allies in Congress voted to dismiss it. — Reuters
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