Philippines Vice President Impeached by Lower House

In November 2024, Duterte said she had hired an assassin to murder President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife, Liza Araneta, if she herself was killed.
Philippines Vice President Impeached by Lower House
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte speaks during a press conference at her office in Manila on Dec. 11, 2024. Ted Aljibe / AFP via Getty Images
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has been impeached by the House of Representatives on Feb. 5, with many allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. voting in favor of the petition.

On Feb. 5, the secretary general of the House of Representatives, Reginald Velasco, told a plenary meeting of the lower chamber of the Philippines Congress that 215 lawmakers had signed the petition to impeach Duterte.

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