House plenary support for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment this 2026 could outpace the figure that was achieved last year, if Deputy Speaker Bacolod City lone district Rep. Albee Benitez 's remarks are any indication. According to Benitez, he expects more than 215 congressmen to...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre agrees with Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo’s take that the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte is part of the country’s "healing process". Acidre issued the statement Saturday, May 9 as the House of Representatives prepared to...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Saturday, May 9, that he 's prepared to oppose and vote against any motion to stop or delay the Senate 's convening as an impeachment court for the trial of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte. Lacson stressed that the...
Senior Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor has acknowledged that the House of Representatives ' recent plenary move on Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment was more strategic than it appeared to be. During plenary session Wednesday, May 6, Deputy Majority...
Vice President Sara Duterte said some politicians are allegedly benefiting financially from using her name as discussions on impeachment complaints against her continue. In an interview released by the Office of the Vice President on May 8, Duterte responded to statements from some members of the...
A Catholic bishop on Friday, May 8, said the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte should be treated as a constitutional process of accountability and not framed as political persecution. Diocese of Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin M. Bagaforo, who also heads the Catholic...
Ranking congressmen refused to give any mental advantage to Vice President Sara Duterte in their rather thorny tit-for-tat leading to the May 11 plenary vote on the lady official 's articles of impeachment. Supplying their respective retorts to Vice President Duterte were La Union 1st district...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, clarified on Friday, May 8, that the case filed before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City does not seek to stop or interfere with the ongoing impeachment proceedings in Congress, but instead focuses...
In a free legal advice of sorts, Antipolo City 1st district Rep. Ronaldo Puno said the prosecution against impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte should pursue her conviction in the same way that the prosecution tried to pin down former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada 25 years ago....
Vice President Sara Duterte denied claims that lawmakers fear political retaliation if they refuse to support impeachment complaints against her, insisting that she is “not vindictive” and that the cases filed before the House of Representatives lack evidence. In a video interview released by...
The distribution of House Committee Report (CR) No. 261 among congressmen and its subsequent uploading to the House of Representatives website Wednesday, May 6 means that the 2026 articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte is now free for everybody to dissect and discuss. Here...
Vice President Sara Duterte described the impeachment case filed against her as “made-up” by the House of Representatives, while thanking supporters who continue to stand by her amid the political controversy. In an interview in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 5, Duterte said she remains...
