Philippine vice president faces impeachment vote in Congress after panel find probable cause
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By Nestor Corrales
Published on April 29, 2026.
The Philippine House justice committee has found probable cause to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, potentially jeopardising her chances of becoming the next president. The complaint will go to the plenary for a vote when Congress resumes session next month, with the backing of a third of its members needed to advance to an impeachment trial in the Senate. If convicted, she would be removed from office and banned from politics for life. This comes as her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, prepares to go on trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague over thousands of killings during his controversial "war on drugs".
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