"A total of 255 House members voted to indict her, with 26 against and 9 abstentions, far surpassing the one-third threshold needed to transmit the case to the Senate. It is the second time Duterte has been impeached by the lower chamber, after the Supreme Court voided a 2025 attempt on procedural grounds."
"The articles of impeachment cover misuse of confidential government funds, failure to disclose wealth, bribery, and death threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. The financial allegations are the institutional core. Prosecutors argue that more than $110 million in private bank transactions linked to Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, were flagged by the country's Anti-Money Laundering Council and cannot be reasonably explained by their declared income or business activity."
"Duterte's defense disputes the framing, arguing the figure aggregates inflows and outflows over roughly two decades, including her husband's separate accounts, and inflates apparent magnitude through compounding. "The scale of these transactions cannot be reasonably explained by lawful income, declared assets, or the businesses and professional activities attributed to the couple," Terry Ridon, one of the main complainants, said in a statement on X on Monday."
""Today's vote is therefore not merely a political exercise. It is a constitutional act of accountability." The House Committee on Justice, chaired by Batangas representative Gerville Luistro, voted unanimously 53-0 on April 29 to find probable cause and consolidate four separate complaints into a single set of articles."
The Philippine House of Representatives voted to indict Vice President Sara Duterte and transmit the case to the Senate for trial. A total of 255 members voted in favor, exceeding the one-third threshold required to proceed. The articles of impeachment allege misuse of confidential government funds, failure to disclose wealth, bribery, and death threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. The financial allegations center on more than $110 million in private bank transactions linked to Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, flagged by the Anti-Money Laundering Council. Duterte disputes the figures, arguing they aggregate inflows and outflows over about two decades and inflate magnitude through compounding.
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