英文互译镜像站

2026 efforts to impeach Sara Duterte

Last updated

2026 efforts to impeach Sara Duterte
Akbayan and Mamamayang Liberal members giving thumbs down.jpg
Akbayan members, Mamamayang Liberal members, and others giving a thumbs down and filing the 2nd impeachment complaint.
Accused Sara Duterte, 15th Vice President of the Philippines
DateFebruary 2, 2026 (2026-02-02) – present
(1 week and 2 days)

In February 2, 2026, there are renewed efforts to remove Sara Duterte as vice president of the Philippines through impeachment.

Contents

Duterte was earlier successfully impeached by the House of Representatives in February 5, 2025 transmitting the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial. However the Senate only convened as an impeachment court in June 10, 2025 only to remanded back the articles back to the lower house. The Supreme Court in July 2025, declared the impeachment complaint as unconstitutional after the earlier three complaints triggered the one-year constitutional ban effectively aborting the trial.

Following the lapse of the one-year constitutional ban, at least two new complaints were filed against Duterte to impeach her for a second time.

Background

2025 impeachment

Vice President Sara Duterte was initially impeached by the House of Representatives on February 5, 2025 and was backed by 215 members of the lower house, paving way for a potential trial by the Senate acting as an impeachment court. [1] The impeachment complaint followed three earlier complaints in December 2024. [2]

There are three methods to impeach an official. [3]

The 2025 impeachment of Duterte went through the third route. [3]

Senate President Chiz Escudero maintained that the Senate cannot start the proceedings until after the Congress reconvene on June 2, 2025. [4] [5] The Senate sited out and did not start the trial despite proponents of the impeachment trial insisting that the Constitution obliges that a "trial by the Senate shall proceed forthwith," or as soon as possible. [6] Pressure on the Senate persisted until at least June. [7] [8] [9] [10]

The trial formally commenced on June 10, 2025, with Escudero administered the oath to the rest of the twenty-two senators. [11] But the Senate voted to remand the impeachment complaint back to the House of Reprsentatives asking for the lower house to certify the complaint as compliant with the one-year ban and communicating the yet to be-convened 20th Congress of the lower house if it is willing to move forward with the proceedings. [12]

Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court unanimously nullified the impeachment complaint on July 25, 2025, ruling that it was "unconstitutional". [13] The Court stated that the "one year-bar rule" was already covered by the first three impeachment cases, rendering the fourth one invalid. [14] No trial before the Senate will be held as a result, as the chamber cannot acquire jurisdiction as per the court ruling. [15]

The House of Representatives filed a motion for reconsideration on August 4, 2025 against the Supreme Court ruling. It argued that the lower legislature has the exclusive power to initiate an impeachment proceedings. It argued that the court's own precedent Francisco v. House states that only one impeachment can be initiated, and that initiation begins with a one-third endorsement or a referral. [16]

On January 28, 2026, the high court en banc dismissed the motion of reconsideration with finality. It also defined session days as a "mean a calendar day in which the House of Representatives holds a session" and does not mean legislative session days. [17]

2026 efforts

The impeachment proceedings are expected to take longer than last year. The complaints will be evaluated by the House of Representatives Committee on Justice whether such complaints are sufficient in substance. [18] [19]

It is unclear however when the one-year ban was counted from. The July 2025, ruling states that new impeachment complaints against Duterte can only be filed on February 6, 2026. However the January 2026 resolution states "the 10 session days should be reckoned from the filing and endorsement of the first impeachment complaint on December 2, 2024" which meant that the first complaint was deemed initiated on January 14, 2025 which meant the prohibition lapsed on January 15, 2026. [19]

Complaints

On February 2, 2026, two impeachment complaints was filed against Vice President Sara Duterte. The first came from the Makabayan bloc and the second came from a group led by Tindig Pilipinas, Akbayan and Mamamayang Liberal. [19] The two complaints were verified and transmitted to House speaker Bojie Dy on February 5. [20] A third impeachment complaint by religious leaders against Duterte was filed on February 9. [21]

References

  1. ↑ "House impeaches VP Sara Duterte". ABS-CBN . February 5, 2025. Archived from the original on February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  2. ↑ de Villa, Kathleen; Torres-Tupas, Tetch (January 30, 2026). "SC still unanimous: VP impeachment void". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Quismorio, Ellson (January 21, 2026). "Impeachment explainer: The 3 modes, examples, and impact of 2025 SC ruling". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  4. ↑ Ager, Maila (February 5, 2025). "Senate goes on break without tackling impeach bid vs VP Duterte". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ Garner, Jom; Kabagani, Lade Jean (February 7, 2025). "Senate will act only on 2 June — Chiz". Daily Tribune. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  6. ↑ Bautista, Jane; Santos, Tina (February 10, 2025). "Carpio: Special session possible for GAA, VP trial". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  7. ↑ Cariaso, Bella (June 10, 2025). "Senate urged: Proceed forthwith with impeach trial". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  8. ↑ Cordero, Ted (June 10, 2025). "PH's oldest business group adds pressure for VP's impeachment trial to begin". GMA News. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  9. ↑ Esmaquel, Paterno II (June 10, 2025). "CBCP tells senators: Let Duterte's impeachment trial proceed". Rappler. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Philippine senators split over legality of delaying Duterte's impeachment trial". South China Morning Post. June 9, 2025. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  11. ↑ Abarca, Charie (June 10, 2025). "Sara Duterte on trial: 22 senators take oath as senator-judges". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  12. ↑ Abarca, Charie (June 10, 2025). "Impeachment court sends Sara Duterte case back to House". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  13. ↑ Flores, Dominique Nicole; Laqui, Ian. "'Unconstitutional': Supreme Court bars impeachment vs VP Sara Duterte". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  14. ↑ Bolledo, Jairo (July 25, 2025). "Supreme Court bars Sara impeachment, can be refiled next year". Rappler. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  15. ↑ Casilao, Joahna Lei (July 25, 2025). "SC declares Articles of Impeachment vs. Sara Duterte unconstitutional". GMA News Online. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  16. ↑ Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (August 4, 2025). "House appeals SC ruling on Sara Duterte impeachment case". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  17. ↑ Ayalin, Adrian; Delgado, Harlene; Gulla, Vivienne (January 29, 2025). "Supreme Court affirms Sara Duterte impeachment unconstitutional". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  18. ↑ Mateo, Janvic; Cariaso, Bella (February 5, 2026). "Longer impeach process vs VP Sara seen". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  19. 1 2 3 Argosino, Faith; Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (February 3, 2026). "Two impeach raps filed vs VP Sara Duterte as 1-year bar ends". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  20. ↑ Rita, Joviland (February 6, 2026). "VP Sara Duterte impeach raps transmitted to House Speaker". GMA News Online. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  21. ↑ Quismorio, Ellson (February 9, 2026). "Familiar faces lodge 3rd impeachment rap vs VP Duterte". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
网页镜像工具 镜像软件 整站镜像下载 网站备份克隆 镜像站群