Monday, May 11 was a day that started out exciting for the members and guests of the Monday Circle with Mamamayang Liberal Representative Leila De Lima as main guest and speaker, having been invited to give the group a fresh update on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte with the voting happening later in the day.
But little did anyone in the assembly, including De Lima herself, would have imagined what the day would turned out to be as it unfolded all the way in the afternoon.
Fascinatingly, for those already old enough to remember, The Bangles’ 1986 hit song, “Manic Monday,” fittingly captured the overwhelmingly chaotic May 11 event, which started out to be excitedly promising but ended frustratingly fruitless.
The House of Representatives would approve the articles of impeachment, as De Lima assured earlier. The vote exceeded the one-third threshold constitutional requirement, which if based on the total number of members of the lower house of 318 as of May 2026, would come to 106 votes only.
As it turned out, 257 lawmakers voted in favor at the plenary session, 25 voted against the impeachment, while nine abstained.
