{"id":4740,"date":"2026-05-11T17:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:33:07","slug":"philippine-vice-president-impeached-by-lawmakers-over-suspected-wealth-and-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4740","title":{"rendered":"Philippine vice president impeached by lawmakers over suspected wealth and threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JIM GOMEZ<\/strong><\/p>\n

MANILA, Philippines (AP) \u2014 The House of Representatives in the Philippines voted overwhelmingly to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday over alleged unexplained wealth and threats against the president, as the rift between the camps of the country\u2019s top two officials escalated.<\/p>

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The House, which is dominated by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.\u2019s allies, voted 257-25 with nine abstentions. The two impeachment complaints against Duterte, which will now be elevated to the Senate for a trial, mark an initial setback to her plan to seek the presidency in 2028.<\/p>\n

Shortly before the impeachment vote in the House, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, who had vowed to immediately put the vice president to trial, was ousted by 13 of 24 senators, including supporters of the vice president and her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not immediately clear how the vice president\u2019s impending impeachment trial would be affected by the Senate leadership change, but Sotto told reporters that he and his allies would insist that the proceedings against the vice president should be immediately taken up once submitted.<\/p>\n

A standoff in the Senate<\/h4>\n

A tense standoff ensued when Sen. Roland dela Rosa, an ally of former President Duterte \u2014 who is facing trial before the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands \u2014 suddenly appeared in the Senate after months of absence. National Bureau of Investigation officers tried to run after dela Rosa but failed to reach him as he dashed into the Senate\u2019s plenary hall and sought the protection of fellow senators.<\/p>\n

Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in March last year and detained in the Netherlands on charges of crimes against humanity. The charges are in connection with deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he ordered while he was in office.<\/p>\n

Dela Rosa once served as the national police chief under Duterte, and was the first to enforce the bloody campaign against illegal drugs that left thousands of mostly petty suspects dead. Philippine police officials have summoned dela Rosa to appear before them for an investigation into his role in the Duterte-era killings.<\/p>

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In The Hague, the ICC on Monday unsealed an arrest warrant for dela Rosa for the crime against humanity of murder of \u201cno less than 32 persons\u201d allegedly committed between July 2016 and the end of April 2018, when he headed the national police.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear how the warrant would be enforced as dela Rosa remained in the Senate\u2019s protective custody.<\/p>\n