Vice Pres. Sara Duterte Issues Statement after Multiple Complaints Filed against her
SARA DUTERTE – The Vice President called on the Filipinos to continue being strong despite the alleged downfall of the Philippine economy.
The impeachment complaint filed against Vice Pres. Duterte was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. According to the high court, the impeachment rap did not follow the one year ban rule and a fresh impeachment complaint may only be filed after February 5, 2026.
The Supreme Court’s decision was followed by the Senate archiving the impeachment rap against Duterte with a 19-4 voting. The chamber’s decision was controversial as it came amid the call of many Filipinos on the Senate to start the impeachment trial.
Senate President Tito Sotto who voted “no” as well as Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson were set to revive the impeachment complaint if the SC reverses its ruling. Here are the senators’ votes on the motion to archive the impeachment rap:
YES
- Alan Peter Cayetano
- Pia Cayetano
- Ronald Dela Rosa
- JV Ejercito
- Francis Escudero
- Jinggoy Estrada
- Sherwin Gatchalian
- Bong Go
- Lito Lapid
- Loren Legarda
- Rodante Marcoleta
- Imee Marcos
- Robin Padilla
- Erwin Tulfo
- Raffy Tulfo
- Joel Villanueva
- Camille Villar
- Mar Villar
- Juan Miguel Zubiri
NO
- Bam Aquino
- Risa Hontiveros
- Kiko Pangilinan
- Tito Sotto
Ahead of the lifting of the ban on the filing of impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte, a group confirmed their intent to refile an impeachment rap. However, shortly after it, former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that plunder charges may be filed against Duterte this week.
Yesterday, several civil society leaders filed multiple complaints against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte and 15 officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd). The complaints which included plunder charges were over the alleged misuse of the P625 million confidential funds of the offices held by Duterte.
Recently, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte issued a statement following the filing of multiple charges against her before the Office of the Ombudsman. In her statement, the Vice President called the move as “another fishing expedition” against her.
“They scramble to weaponize any accusation they can manufacture just to create a semblance of procedural legitimacy for an investigation,” the Vice President wrote.
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte encouraged the Filipinos to be critical over the alleged defamation against her. In her statement, she claimed that it is allegedly not about finding the truth but covering the supposed corruption of the government’s funds.
“Patuloy lamang tayong maging matatag sa harap ng pagbagsak ng ekonomiya at walang tigil na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin. Patuloy tayong magdasal para sa kapayapaan,” she stated.
Previously, the Vice President’s ally, Jimmy Bondoc, claimed that Vice Pres. Sara Duterte allegedly wants Pres. Bongbong Marcos to finish his term for a reason.