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Philippine lawmakers ordered Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio on Wednesday to respond to impeachment complaints against her after finding substance to allegations involving unexplained wealth, the misuse of public funds and making public threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr.
The daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte is seen as a front runner for the 2028 presidential election, and has said she will run for the top post.
She survived a similar impeachment bid last year, which the Supreme Court struck down for violating constitutional safeguards.
If convicted by the Senate at trial, Duterte-Carpio would be removed from office and disqualified from holding any future government position.

Duterte-Carpio’s defence team during the impeachment proceedings did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Wednesday’s vote in the House of Representatives’ justice committee comes amid a bitter falling out between the two leaders, both scions of powerful political families, who swept to power in 2022 before becoming rivals.
Before any vote on whether an impeachment trial should go ahead, the house will consider Duterte-Carpio’s response to the charges, if she makes one, as well as any reply from the complainants.
‘Sufficient in substance’
The new complaints, ruled “sufficient in substance” by a vote of 54-1, include the misuse of confidential funds, bribery and unexplained wealth, and publicly threatening to have Marcos killed, along with his wife and a cousin who was House speaker at the time.
“Our vote today is not a verdict of guilt nor an act of condemnation. It’s simply a decision on whether the constitutional process should move forward,” Representative Ferdinand Hernandez said minutes before the vote.
Representative Leila de Lima, who endorsed one of the complaints against Duterte-Carpio, said: “This is a very good development that the process of accountability is now moving.”


The alleged death threat against Marcos stems from a late-night press briefing in which Duterte-Carpio claimed to have hired an assassin to kill the president and members of his family should he have her cut down first.
While she later said the comments were misinterpreted, lawmaker Gerville Luistro said on Wednesday that the alleged threats could destabilise institutions. “They carry weight. They create fear,” she said.
Four impeachment complaints were initially lodged against Duterte-Carpio, but one complaint was dismissed over a rule that prohibits such complaints from being filed within a year after previously being submitted.
Another complaint was withdrawn to fast track the proceedings and because it was similar to another complaint.
Marcos survived a separate impeachment bid against him last month after his allies in congress voted to dismiss it, ruling that allegations of corruption over a scandal involving bogus flood control projects lacked substance.
In the Philippines, only one-third of the house must vote in favour of impeachment for the case to move to the Senate.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse


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A naval base in Cagayan province, the Philippines. The Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement, or EDCA, allows US forces rotational access to selected Philippine military bases. Photo: EPA-EFE

Paolo Duterte in 2017. The Davao City congressman has suggested the Philippines could be dragged into the US-Iran conflict. Photo: Reuters

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Philippine legislators Leila de Lima (front, left) and Perci Cendana (front, right) after filing an impeachment complaint against Vice-President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives on Monday. Photo: EPA

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If convicted by the Senate, the vice-president, a presidential front runner, will lose her post and cannot stand for future office


If convicted by the Senate, the vice-president, a presidential front runner, will lose her post and cannot stand for future office.


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Philippines’ Duterte-Carpio ordered to answer impeachment charges over wealth, threats

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If convicted by the Senate, the vice-president, a presidential front runner, will lose her post and cannot stand for future office