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. JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Philippine lawmakers voted by a wide margin, on Monday, May 11, to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, setting the stage for a senate trial that could end her 2028 presidential bid. Lawmakers voted by a margin of 255 to 26, with nine abstentions, to impeach Duterte.
The articles of impeachment accuse Duterte, the daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte, of graft, corruption, bribery and an alleged assassination plot against former ally President Ferdinand Marcos. Under the Philippine constitution, a guilty verdict in the senate would see Duterte removed from office and barred from holding an elected office for life.
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