If enough lawmakers endorse the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, House Committee on Justice member Terry L. Ridon of Bicol Saro Party-list said Friday, now transmitted to the Office of the Speaker, it may be acted upon by the House plenary as early as next week—or sent directly to the Senate through an express route.

The party-list congressman, chair of the House Committee on Public Accounts, said the formal transmittal opens two possible tracks under the Constitution and House rules.

He added that this does not preclude one-third of all House members from endorsing articles of impeachment against the Vice President for direct transmittal to the Senate, so long as no plenary referral has yet been made to the House Committee on Justice.

Ridon explained that under this scenario, the House may bypass committee proceedings if the required number of lawmakers endorse the articles of impeachment before the plenary refers the cases to the justice panel.

Duterte, during the 19th Congress, was impeached through the express route after 215 lawmakers endorsed the impeachment complaint against her.

Ridon’s remarks came following the official transmittal of the impeachment complaints to the Office of the Speaker, marking the start of the House’s formal action on the cases.

The solon said that now that the impeachment complaints against the Vice President have been transmitted to the Office of the Speaker, they expect them to be included in the Order of Business of the House plenary for action as early as 9 February 2026.