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<div>ABS-CBN NEWS STATEMENT ON ARTICLES CITED IN THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON VICE PRESIDENT SARA DUTERTE&#x27;S IMPEACHMENT</div>ABS-CBN News respectfully clarifies that the articles cited in the Supreme Court decision on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte did not state that the House of Representatives transmitted the articles of impeachment to the Senate without a plenary vote.Footnote 30 on Page 8 of the decision refers to these articles:• <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/5/house-impeaches-vp-sara-duterte-1551">House impeaches VP Sara Duterte</a>The article states that:“More than 200 members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday signed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte after more than a month of seeming inaction on complaints filed against her by members of civil society.At the House plenary session on Wednesday (February 5, 2025), 215 of 306 House members supported a fresh complaint against Duterte, whose spending of confidential funds has come under scrutiny.”<div> </div>• <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/5/senate-formally-receives-articles-of-impeachment-vs-vp-sara-duterte-from-house-1910">Senate formally receives articles of impeachment vs VP Sara Duterte from House</a>The article states that:&quot;Senate Secretary Renato Bantug on Wednesday (February 5) formally received the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte from his House counterpart, Secretary General Reginald Velasco, just hours after 215 out of 306 members of the lower chamber endorsed the impeachment complaint.Velasco arrived in the Senate at 4:47 p.m. to transmit the verified complaint for impeachment.”On February 5, 2025, ABS-CBN News covered and also aired live the House plenary vote on the impeachment complaint.

ABS-CBN News respectfully clarifies that the articles cited in the Supreme Court decision on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte did not state that the House of Representatives transmitted the articles of impeachment to the Senate without a plenary vote.

ABS-CBN News respectfully clarifies that the articles cited in the Supreme Court decision on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte did not state that the House of Representatives transmitted the articles of impeachment to the Senate without a plenary vote.

ABS-CBN News Statement on Articles Cited in the Supreme Court Decision on Vice President Sara Duterte's Impeachment

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ABS-CBN News Statement on Articles Cited in the Supreme Court Decision on Vice President Sara Duterte's Impeachment

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Published August 06, 2025 03:36 PM PHT

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Updated August 06, 2025 04:09 PM PHT

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