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Vice President Sara Duterte announces her intention to run for the country's presidency in 2028 during a press conference in Mandaluyong, February 18, 2026. Jam Sta. Rosa, AFP

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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/1778136504265AFP__20260218__97XY3CB__v1__MidRes__PhilippinesPolitics.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte announces her intention to run for the country&#x27;s presidency in 2028 during a press conference in Mandaluyong, February 18, 2026. Jam Sta. Rosa, AFP </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Around 215 House members support the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, justice committee member and Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon said Thursday. </p><p>“From consultations, we are now at around 215 House members supporting the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte,” he said. </p><p>The justice committee in late April voted unanimously that evidence in a pair of complaints alleging Duterte misused public funds in office and made a death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had successfully established probable cause to pursue impeachment.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/4/house-justice-panel-sends-vp-duterte-impeachment-case-to-plenary-1137">House justice panel OKs committee report &#x27;setting forth&#x27; VP Sara impeachment</a></div><p>The two complaints will be consolidated into one before being sent to the plenary for a vote.  </p><p>Under the Philippine constitution, an impeachment by the House of Representatives triggers a Senate trial, where a guilty verdict would ban former president Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s eldest daughter from elected office for life.</p><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div><em><strong></strong></em><strong></strong><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong></strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/6/sara-duterte-says-involving-her-family-members-in-impeachment-unfair-1110">Sara Duterte says involving her family members in impeachment ‘unfair’ </a></div><div><br/></div><div><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/XTZBomAsXUI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/6/sara-duterte-says-involving-her-family-members-in-impeachment-unfair-1110"></a><strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/6/sara-duterte-says-involving-her-family-members-in-impeachment-unfair-1110"></a></strong><strong></strong><em><strong></strong></em></div>

<p>Around 215 House members support the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, justice committee member and Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon said Thursday.</p>

Around 215 House members support the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, justice committee member and Bicol Saro party-list Rep. Terry Ridon said Thursday.

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Ridon: 215 House members back Sara Duterte impeachment

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Published May 07, 2026 02:52 PM PHT

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