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<div><iframe width="1023" height="575" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MexG0Va5SUA" title="LIVE: House resumes deliberation on complaints for impeachment vs. VP Sara Duterte" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The House Committee on Justice on Wednesday found that the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte had sufficient grounds to proceed to a hearing proper. </p><p>The hearing proper was scheduled to begin on March 25.</p><p>Duterte’s legal team earlier <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/16/vp-duterte-files-response-to-impeachment-complaints-1752">asked the committee to dismiss the complaints</a>, citing alleged &quot;absence&quot; of ultimate facts, alleged &quot;violation&quot; of her right to due process, and alleged &quot;double standards&quot; in the House panel proceedings.</p><p>The complainants on Tuesday waived their right to reply to Duterte’s Consolidated Verified Answer Ad Cautelam, which they described as a <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/17/3rd-impeachment-complainants-waive-right-to-reply-to-vp-duterte-s-non-answer-1226">“non-answer.&quot;</a></p><p>Duterte, who in February <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/2/18/sara-duterte-to-run-for-president-1102">announced a 2028 presidential bid</a>, was impeached last year, only for the Supreme Court to toss the case out over procedural issues.</p><p>Under the Philippine constitution, an impeachment by the House of Representatives triggers a Senate trial, where a guilty verdict would ban Duterte from elected office for life.</p><p>The new complaints accuse her of graft and corruption while in office and of making a death threat against former ally President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. </p><div><em>More details to follow. </em></div><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse </strong></div><div><br/></div><div><iframe width="1023" height="575" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/adbwnYCaC2E" title="Sara Duterte files response to impeachment complaints | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><iframe width="1023" height="575" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFTFqqnl9D8" title="3rd, 4th impeach complainants waive right to reply to VP Duterte’s &#x27;non-answer&#x27;" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>The House Committee on Justice on Wednesday found that the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte had sufficient grounds to proceed to a hearing proper.</p>

The House Committee on Justice on Wednesday found that the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte had sufficient grounds to proceed to a hearing proper.

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House justice panel: Sara Duterte impeachment complaints 'sufficient in grounds', proceeding to 'hearing proper'

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Published Mar 18, 2026 10:40 AM PHT

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Updated Mar 18, 2026 11:51 AM PHT

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