Vice President Sara Duterte has become the first Philippine official to be impeached twice.
Duterte, who previously served as secretary of the Department of Education, is facing complaints involving the alleged misuse of confidential funds and questionable transactions during her tenure.
A total of 257 lawmakers voted to impeach Duterte for the second time on May 11. This number exceeds the 215 House members who signed her impeachment complaint in 2025. Twenty-five House members voted against the impeachment, while nine abstained.
Duterte, once a strong ally of Marcos, ran alongside him in the 2022 election as part of the Uniteam alliance. She secured 32,208,417 votes, or 61.53% of the total votes cast — outperforming Marcos, who garnered 31,629,783 votes.
Initially appointed as Marcos’ education secretary, Duterte later resigned, officially marking the end of an alliance that had been described as a “marriage of convenience” from the start.
