Overview
- - Activists and left-wing groups filed two complaints accusing Duterte of betraying public trust, centering on the alleged misuse of 612.5 million pesos in confidential or unexplained funds from the vice president’s office and her tenure as education secretary.
- - One filing revives an allegation that Duterte threatened to have President Marcos, the first lady and a former House speaker killed if she were harmed, a claim she has previously denied.
- - The complaints were endorsed by sitting lawmakers, including Leila de Lima and Perci Cendana, after submissions from civil society leaders and leftist coalition figures.
- - Duterte’s lawyer Michael Poa rejected the accusations and said her team is prepared to challenge them through constitutional processes.
- - The push comes after last year’s House impeachment was halted by a Supreme Court ruling on multiple complaints, with observers noting stricter procedures and a Senate seen as more favorable to Duterte, as the House justice committee simultaneously weighed the form and substance of separate impeachment cases against Marcos tied to alleged flood-control corruption.