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Harlene Delgado

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1775610000346173874220986120240925-sara-duterte-presscon-JC0095.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte gestures during a press briefing at the Cybergate building in Mandaluyong City on September 25, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File<br/></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment defense team confirmed Wednesday that they had gone to the Supreme Court anew to challenge the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Justice and stop the proceedings.</p><p>“We confirm that a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition has been filed before the Supreme Court in relation to the ongoing proceedings before the House Committee on Justice,” Duterte’s defense team spokesman Michael Poa said in a statement. </p><p>He said the move aimed to “seek clarity on fundamental constitutional questions, which, in our view, warrant the Court’s immediate attention.”</p><p>“To be clear, this is not about avoiding the process. This is about ensuring that the process itself complies with the Constitution. The House has the power to initiate impeachment, but that power is not without limits,” the statement read.</p><p>“Out of respect for the Court, we will refrain from discussing the details publicly and will await its action,” it added.</p><p>On Tuesday night, Bicol Saro party-list Representative and House Committee on Justice member Terry Ridon first disclosed the move of Duterte’s team seeking to halt the proceedings, calling it a “clear attempt to mislead the Supreme Court and the public.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/8/sara-duterte-filed-petition-before-sc-to-halt-impeachment-ridon-0000">Sara Duterte filed petition before SC to halt impeachment – Ridon</a></div><p>Duterte, who in February announced a 2028 presidential bid, 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, ruled <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/18/house-justice-panel-sara-duterte-impeachment-hearing-1040">&quot;sufficient in substance&quot;</a> by a vote of 54-1 last month, accuse her of graft and corruption while in office and of making a death threat against former ally President Ferdinand Marcos.</p><p>The hearing began on March 25 and will resume on April 14. </p><p>Duterte had accused the House panel of concocting a “media narrative” and another “fishing expedition” against her.</p><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong> </div><div><em></em><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RVIKHSz_7fw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><em></em><br/></div>

<p>The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte confirmed that they have filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking to halt the impeachment hearings conducted by the House Committee on Justice.</p>

The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte confirmed that they have filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking to halt the impeachment hearings conducted by the House Committee on Justice.

Sara Duterte defense team says SC petition vs impeachment aims ‘to seek clarity’, ‘not avoid process’

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Sara Duterte defense team says SC petition vs impeachment aims ‘to seek clarity’, ‘not avoid process’

Harlene Delgado,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 08, 2026 09:02 AM PHT

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Updated April 08, 2026 09:26 AM PHT

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