Filipino vice president Sara Duterte accused herself of the alleged improper use of funds

Manila-Filipino Chamber of representatives accused Vice President of Sara Duterte for the alleged improper use of millions of public funds, at the last minute before the Congress before the survey of May 12.

The impeachment of Mrs. Duterte, on February 5, signals even more intensified Feud with her former ally Ferdinand Marcos Jr, which has a majority of over 300 legislators from home as her allies. Speaker Martin Romualdez is the president’s cousin.

Voting for Impeachment also takes place less than a week before the start of the official campaign period in May elections, seen as a referendum in the presidency of Marcos.

But Mrs. Duterte remains the vice president for now, because the impeachment articles will continue to be transferred to the Senate, which turns into a court regarding the proceedings.

If 16 z 23 Sitting Senators I agree to convict her for disordered crimes, she will be removed as a vice president.

The Straits Times contacted Mrs. Duterte’s office for a comment.

A total of 215 legislators voted in favor of Mrs. Duterte on February 5 In connection with the alleged improper use of over 612.5 million pesos ($ 14.3 million) funds intended for sensitive and classified purposes.

The funds were paid in 2022 and 2023 in the office of the vice president and the Education Department, which she managed until the resignation from the Marcos office in June 2024.

Three cases of impeachment against Mrs. Duterte were previously submitted by various groups of civil society at the end of 2024, but the Chamber did not work on them for weeks.

Political analysts stated that the delay was probably caused by Mr. Marcos’s distance from impeachment efforts. About 1.8 million members of the politically influential Iglesia ni Cristo – an influential Christian Religious Group – also organized on January 13 to protest against overtaking by Mr. Duterte.

But the legislators together with the administration submitted the fourth case of the impeachment on February 5, just a few weeks after the local social survey, weather stations showed that 41 percent of Filipinos support the impeachment of Mrs. Duterte, with 35 percent against and 19 % undecided.

Since more than a third of members of the entire chamber supported the latest matter of impeachment, it was immediately transferred to a plenary vote in the final vote.

Usually a complaint of impeachment goes through the House Justice Committee, which assesses the articles about impeachment, which have been submitted against the official.

Since his election, respectively in 2022, respectively, related to Marcos and Mrs. Duterte, respectively, they have deteriorated.

In 2024, The house was examined by Mrs. Duterte for alleged improper use of funds. They too He launched the probe For a bloody drug war led by Father Mrs. Duterte, former president of Rodrigo Duterte, who is in the face of crime-moust investigation by the International Court Court For thousands of killed during his anti -legal one started in 2016.

The tensions expanded further in November 2024, when Mrs. Duterte threatened the murder of the president, his wife, as well as his cousin, the speakers of the house, if she ends up dead When their competition warmed up.

Danger Raised Marcos, to conduct many investigations against the vice president, who later said that her comments were “a body without a body.”

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