Philippines' VP Duterte challenges impeachment before Supreme Court
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to nullify an impeachment complaint against her, making her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.
Philippine Vice President Duterte asks Supreme Court to void her impeachment and block Senate trial
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to void her impeachment and block a Senate trial that could remove her from office. The House of Representatives, which is dominated by the allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Campaigning Begins in Philippine Mid-term Election Amid Vice-Presidential Impeachment Drama
Last week’s impeachment of Sara Duterte has added an extra weight of political significance to the 12 Senate seats up for election.
Philippine vice president preparing for impeachment battle but silent on option to resign
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says her lawyers are preparing for a legal battle in her upcoming impeachment trial but refused to say if resignation is an option
Why Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte Faces Impeachment Trial
The Marcos and Duterte families dominate politics in the Philippines, and elections in the country can be as much a battle of personalities and factional interests as of policy.
Budget for Sara’s impeachment trial set under P1M – Escudero
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the upper chamber is poised to spend less than a million for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. At a press conference on Wednesday, Escudero said the estimated cost does not include lawyer fees,
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In the Philippines, Marcos Hasn’t Ended Duterte’s Brutal Drug War
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. promised to end his predecessor’s brutal drug war. That promise, like many others, ...
Philippine ex-President Duterte faces criminal complaint over ‘kill senators’ comment at rally
Police in the Philippines have filed criminal complaints against former President Rodrigo Duterte after he said during a campaign rally that 15 senators should be killed in a bomb attack so there will ...
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Philippines kicks off election campaigning amid VP impeachment drama
MANILA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Campaigning for the Philippines' midterm elections ... removed from her post and banned for life ...
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Philippine Police General Files Complaint Against Ex-President for Threatening ‘Joke’
At a political rally last week, Rodrigo Duterte joked about killing 15 senators with a bomb in order to free up positions for ...
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Philippine Vice President Duterte impeached
[Photo: Basilio Sepe/WSWS] This is the first time in Philippine history that a Vice President has been impeached. The office of Vice President in the Philippines is, in the performance of ...
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Investigators file criminal complaints against Philippine vice president
Philippine government investigators filed criminal complaints, including sedition, against Vice President Sara Duterte on ...
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Philippine Investigators File Criminal Complaints Against Vice President Over Assassination Threats
Philippine Investigators File Criminal Complaints Against Vice President Over Assassination ... brutal anti-drug crackdown he oversaw while in office as a possible crime against humanity.
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House leaders slam VP Duterte’s petition to stop impeachment process as 'evasion'
House leaders slammed as an attempt to “evade accountability” Vice President Sara Duterte’s petition before the Supreme Court seeking to nullify the impeachment complaint elevated to the Senate and ...