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House Impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte for the Second Time
The Philippine House of Representatives voted 257-0 on May 11, 2026 to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte on allegations of unexplained wealth and misuse of funds. Duterte, who skipped every House justice committee hearing, was in The Hague visiting her detained father when the final vote occurred. The Senate, now led by ally Alan Peter Cayetano, will convene as an impeachment court.
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The House of Representatives impeached Vice President Sara Duterte for the second time on May 11, 2026, with 257 lawmakers voting in favor and none opposed. Duterte became the first Philippine official to be impeached twice while not in town and having snubbed all hearings of the House committee on justice on the impeachment complaints against her.
On March 25, 2026, the House of Representatives entered the hearing proper stage on the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte.
The hearing’s agenda included discussion on impeachment ground rules, action on pending motions and requests for subpoena, determination of the schedule of the next hearings, and determination of resource speakers and witnesses for the April 14 public hearing.
That same day, Duterte keynoted the commencement exercises of the John Paul Benedict School in Meycauayan, Bulacan. The House justice committee conducted its second hearing on the impeachment complaints against Duterte on April 14, 2026.
Ramil Madriaga claimed during the session that he had helped Vice President Sara Duterte dispose of P125 million in confidential funds within a single day in December 2022. Duterte was again absent; family members said she was in Davao City to celebrate the birthday of her mother, Elizabeth Zimmerman.
For its third public hearing on April 22, 2026, the House justice committee examined the Vice President’s alleged unexplained wealth.
Former senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV linked Vice President Sara Duterte to alleged drug lord Samuel “Sammy” Uy, whom he said gave over P100 million in payouts to Duterte and her family. The Anti-Money Laundering Council confirmed that Vice President Sara Duterte was the beneficiary of check transactions worth P14 million made by Samuel “Sammy” Uy and his associates.
