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Vice President Sara Duterte announces her intention to run for the presidency in the 2028 national elections during a press conference at the Office of the Vice President (OVP) headquarters in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.

Vice President Sara Duterte announces her intention to run for the presidency in the 2028 national elections during a press conference at the Office of the Vice President (OVP) headquarters in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Duterte outlines her priorities, including governance reforms, public service continuity, and national development. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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VP SARA DUTERTE

Vivienne Gulla

Agatha Gregorio

ABS-CBN News

<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/177806914614120260218-vp-sara-duterte-presidency-MT7.jpg" style="width:960px;display:block;height:auto" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="MANILA -- Members of the House of Representatives were given copies on Wednesday of the committee report containing the House resolution setting forth the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, according to Manila 1st District Representative Ernesto Dionisio Jr. This was after a motion directing the secretary general to furnish lawmakers copies of this was approved during plenary session. Committee report 261 was also posted on the lower chamber’s website, according to Dionisio. &quot;We have been informed by the secretary general that as earlier directed by the house the following have been accomplished– number one, furnishing the members with electronic copies of committee report number 261 containing House Resolution number 989 including its annexes through their respective registered email addresses,&quot; Dionisio said. &quot;Number two, posting of electronic copies in downloadable form of committee report number 261 containing House Resolution number 989 including its annexes in the House website. And number three, distribution of the printed copies committee report number 261 containing House Resolution number 989,&quot; Dionisio added. The committee report was referred to the House Committee on Rules on Tuesday night. READ: House refers committee report on impeachment proceedings against VP Duterte to Rules panel https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/5/house-refers-committee-report-on-vp-duterte-impeachment-proceedings-to-rules-panel-2154 The House Committee on Justice last week agreed there was probable cause for Duterte&#x27;s impeachment case to proceed.  https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/29/house-finds-probable-cause-duterte-impeachment-now-up-to-plenary-1618 The Constitution requires at least one-third or 106 out of the 318 House members to vote for the articles of impeachment to be transmitted to the Senate, which will convene an impeachment court.  Stand of Lakas-CMD, NUP members Meanwhile, the majority of the two biggest political parties at the House of Representatives are seen voting in favor of the vice president&#x27;s impeachment. National Unity Party Chairperson and House Deputy Speaker Ronaldo Puno said that of their party’s 55 House members, around 60% are expected to support the committee report finding probable cause to impeach Duterte. &quot;I think there&#x27;s at least 30,&quot; he said. &quot;Syempre, in Mindanao, you know, nahihirapan &#x27;yung aming mga miyembro kasi when they ask around, everybody says no,&quot; Puno added. &quot;In other areas, as you know, the Iglesia Ni Cristo has a very strong position about this matter and it continues to be there.&quot; Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong of Lakas-CMD, meanwhile, estimates around 90% to 95% of their party’s 69 members at the lower chamber are supportive of Duterte’s impeachment. &quot;The Lakas-CMD has a substantial number. Majority of its members will vote in favor and support the impeachment… Wala naman nagsabi ng no. Some of them also have their own individual concerns per district, so naintindihan naman natin yun. We also understand the political dynamics within each district,&quot; said Adiong. He and Puno see at least 180 House members voting favorably on the matter, adding that the number could &quot;possibly&quot; reach 200. A vote of at least 106 or one-third of House members is needed to elevate to the Senate the articles of impeachment against Duterte for trial. The two House leaders have not heard of threats to congressmen who will vote against Duterte’s impeachment, but Puno hopes their choice will be respected.  &#x27;Fairness&#x27; House Senior Deputy Minority Leader and ML Party List Representatives Leila De Lima, meanwhile, asserted that the House impeachment proceedings have been &quot;fair&quot;, after the Vice President said implicating her family members in the hearings is &quot;unfair&quot;.  READ: Sara Duterte says involving her family members in impeachment ‘unfair’ https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/6/sara-duterte-says-involving-her-family-members-in-impeachment-unfair-1110 &quot;Hindi po kasalanan namin &#x27;yan na ganoon ang kinalalabasan. Syempre, noong tinignan na &#x27;yung sa AMLC records and then sa SALN, because, you know, these are the joint SALNs of the husband and wife, and then hindi namin kasalanan &#x27;yun na ganoon ang lumabas sa P6.7 billion, P4-point-something billion of inflows ng pera sa mga accounts nila,&quot; the lawmaker said. &quot;Nakita nyo naman na naging very comprehensive din and very fair &#x27;yung naging proceedings before the Committee on Justice at lumabas mga dokumento, lumabas mga official findings,&quot; De Lima added. Caloocan 2nd District Representative Edgar Erice, meanwhile, spoke up during plenary session to defend his integrity on what he described to be criticisms regarding his &quot;stand not to participate&quot; in the impeachment process. Erice said he is against the notion that Congress has the &quot;moral ascendancy&quot; to say the process is in pursuit of the mandate for accountability. The lawmaker alleged &quot;hundreds of billions in infrastructure allocations&quot; and &quot;massive ayuda programs&quot; were involved in proceedings. &quot;I cannot in conscience agree that this Congress has the moral ascendancy to claim that the impeachment process is genuinely in pursuit of our constitutional mandate to uphold accountability. Why? Number one, the process beginning the 19th Congress is already tainted. Ito po ay pagpapatuloy lamang ng proseso na naganap noong 19th Congress. It is marked by hundreds of billions in infrastructure allocations and massive ayuda programs to cooperating legislator in the 19th Congress,&quot; Erice said. &quot;Even my opponent in the last elections– the 2025 elections, publicly admitted that she signed the impeachment of VP Sara Duterte in aid of allocation. Natatakot siya na hindi siya mabibigyan ng pondo kung hindi siya pipirma sa impeachment,&quot; Erice added." width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte announces her intention to run for the presidency in the 2028 national elections during a press conference at the Office of the Vice President (OVP) headquarters in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Members of the House of Representatives were given copies on Wednesday of the committee report containing the House resolution setting forth the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, according to Manila 1st District Representative Ernesto Dionisio Jr.</p><p>This was after a motion directing the secretary general to furnish lawmakers copies of this was approved during plenary session.</p><p>Committee report 261 was also posted on the lower chamber’s website, according to Dionisio.</p><p>&quot;We have been informed by the secretary general that as earlier directed by the house the following have been accomplished– number one, furnishing the members with electronic copies of committee report number 261 containing House Resolution number 989 including its annexes through their respective registered email addresses,&quot; Dionisio said.</p><p>&quot;Number two, posting of electronic copies in downloadable form of committee report number 261 containing House Resolution number 989 including its annexes in the House website. And number three, distribution of the printed copies committee report number 261 containing House Resolution number 989,&quot; Dionisio added.</p><p>The committee report was referred to the House Committee on Rules on Tuesday night.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/5/house-refers-committee-report-on-vp-duterte-impeachment-proceedings-to-rules-panel-2154">READ: House refers committee report on impeachment proceedings against VP Duterte to Rules panel</a></div><p>The House Committee on Justice last week agreed there was <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/29/house-finds-probable-cause-duterte-impeachment-now-up-to-plenary-1618">probable cause for Duterte&#x27;s impeachment case to proceed</a>. </p><p>The Constitution requires at least one-third or 106 out of the 318 House members to vote for the articles of impeachment to be transmitted to the Senate, which will convene an impeachment court.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Stand of Lakas-CMD, NUP members</strong></div><p>Meanwhile, the majority of the two biggest political parties at the House of Representatives are seen voting in favor of the vice president&#x27;s impeachment.</p><p>National Unity Party Chairperson and House Deputy Speaker Ronaldo Puno said that of their party’s 55 House members, around 60% are expected to support the committee report finding probable cause to impeach Duterte.</p><p>&quot;I think there&#x27;s at least 30,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Syempre, in Mindanao, you know, nahihirapan &#x27;yung aming mga miyembro kasi when they ask around, everybody says no,&quot; Puno added. &quot;In other areas, as you know, the Iglesia Ni Cristo has a very strong position about this matter and it continues to be there.&quot;</p><p>Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong of Lakas-CMD, meanwhile, estimates around 90% to 95% of their party’s 69 members at the lower chamber are supportive of Duterte’s impeachment.</p><p>&quot;The Lakas-CMD has a substantial number. Majority of its members will vote in favor and support the impeachment… Wala naman nagsabi ng no. Some of them also have their own individual concerns per district, so naintindihan naman natin yun. We also understand the political dynamics within each district,&quot; said Adiong.</p><p>He and Puno see at least 180 House members voting favorably on the matter, adding that the number could &quot;possibly&quot; reach 200. A vote of at least 106 or one-third of House members is needed to elevate to the Senate the articles of impeachment against Duterte for trial.</p><p>The two House leaders have not heard of threats to congressmen who will vote against Duterte’s impeachment, but Puno hopes their choice will be respected.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;Fairness&#x27;</strong></div><p>House Senior Deputy Minority Leader and ML Party List Representatives Leila De Lima, meanwhile, asserted that the House impeachment proceedings have been &quot;fair&quot;, after the Vice President said implicating her family members in the hearings is &quot;unfair&quot;. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/6/sara-duterte-says-involving-her-family-members-in-impeachment-unfair-1110">READ: Sara Duterte says involving her family members in impeachment ‘unfair’</a></div><p>&quot;Hindi po kasalanan namin &#x27;yan na ganoon ang kinalalabasan. Syempre, noong tinignan na &#x27;yung sa AMLC records and then sa SALN, because, you know, these are the joint SALNs of the husband and wife, and then hindi namin kasalanan &#x27;yun na ganoon ang lumabas sa P6.7 billion,</p><p>P4-point-something billion of inflows ng pera sa mga accounts nila,&quot; the lawmaker said.</p><p>&quot;Nakita nyo naman na naging very comprehensive din and very fair &#x27;yung naging proceedings before the Committee on Justice at lumabas mga dokumento, lumabas mga official findings,&quot; De Lima added.</p><p>Caloocan 2nd District Representative Edgar Erice, meanwhile, spoke up during plenary session to defend his integrity on what he described to be criticisms regarding his &quot;stand not to participate&quot; in the impeachment process.</p><p>Erice said he is against the notion that Congress has the &quot;moral ascendancy&quot; to say the process is in pursuit of the mandate for accountability.</p><p>The lawmaker alleged &quot;hundreds of billions in infrastructure allocations&quot; and &quot;massive ayuda programs&quot; were involved in proceedings.</p><p>&quot;I cannot in conscience agree that this Congress has the moral ascendancy to claim that the impeachment process is genuinely in pursuit of our constitutional mandate to uphold accountability. Why? Number one, the process beginning the 19th Congress is already tainted. Ito po ay pagpapatuloy lamang ng proseso na naganap noong 19th Congress. It is marked by hundreds of billions in infrastructure allocations and massive ayuda programs to cooperating legislator in the 19th Congress,&quot; Erice said.</p><p>&quot;Even my opponent in the last elections– the 2025 elections, publicly admitted that she signed the impeachment of VP Sara Duterte in aid of allocation. Natatakot siya na hindi siya mabibigyan ng pondo kung hindi siya pipirma sa impeachment,&quot; Erice added.</p>

<p>Members of the House of Representatives were given copies on Wednesday of the committee report containing the House resolution setting forth the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte.</p>

Members of the House of Representatives were given copies on Wednesday of the committee report containing the House resolution setting forth the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte.

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House committee report on VP Duterte impeachment furnished to members

Vivienne Gulla,

Agatha Gregorio,

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Published May 06, 2026 08:09 PM PHT

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