Overview
- Duterte faced a unanimous 53-0 ruling from the House justice committee on Wednesday that there is probable cause to impeach her.
- The consolidated complaints allege misuse of public funds and unexplained wealth, citing bank records that show hundreds of transactions totaling 6.8 billion pesos against a declared net worth of 88 million pesos.
- The National Bureau of Investigation told lawmakers the alleged death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. qualifies as sedition based on Duterte’s public comments in 2024.
- The committee will transmit the case to the full House when Congress reconvenes on May 4, where a one-third vote would send articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial that could remove and bar her from office for life.
- Duterte denies wrongdoing, has declined to appear at the hearings, and faces a renewed process after the Supreme Court voided a 2025 impeachment attempt on procedural grounds.