Vice President Sara Duterte appeared at the Senate on Tuesday, July 7, ahead of the second day of her impeachment trial.
She faced the media, but did not take any questions. Instead, she delivered a one-sentence statement linked to her earlier pronouncement about a “bloodbath-filled” impeachment.
“In this bloodbath and bludgeoning, I will be bloodied but unbowed,” Duterte, in short hair and green shirt, said. She then left the press area and proceeded to her defense lawyer’s holding room.
Duterte said in 2025 that she was ready for an impeachment trial — for a bloodbath.
But then she filed a petition with the Supreme Court (SC) in 2025 that led to the termination of the impeachment proceedings. The High Court, packed by appointees of her father, ruled that the articles of impeachment were unconstitutional. No trial happened.
