JAKARTA - Vice President of the Philippines Sara Duterte is facing impeachment again after the local DPR approved the filing of impeachment articles against her on Monday (11/5).
A total of 255 of the 318 members of the lower house supported the filing of the impeachment article against Duterte, surpassing the constitutional threshold of one-third of the votes needed to bring the case to the upper house (Senate).
The Senate will then sit as an impeachment court to determine whether Duterte should be removed from office.
If found guilty, he could also be permanently barred from holding public office.
The charges against Duterte include alleged misuse of public funds and death threats against his former ally, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
This is the second impeachment attempt against Duterte after the previous process was dropped before it was brought to the Senate following a Supreme Court ruling that there was a violation of procedure.
The case is considered to affect Duterte's chances of running in the 2028 presidential election.
Duterte-Marcos political relations deteriorated after the two were elected in 2022.
Tensions escalated after the Marcos administration handed over former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte - Sara Duterte's father - to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
Rodrigo Duterte is now in custody awaiting trial on charges of crimes against humanity related to his anti-drug war campaign while in power.
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