Following the filing of an impeachment complaint against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte said she is preparing for another impeachment attempt against her next month as the Constitution’s one-year bar on refiling is set to lapse.
Speaking to supporters in The Hague, the Netherlands, Duterte said she expects renewed impeachment efforts but dismissed them as driven by money rather than genuine accountability.
“It’s all about the money,” she said, claiming her critics are pushing impeachment for personal or political gain.
Her remarks come nearly a year after a previous impeachment attempt against her collapsed in the House of Representatives.
In February last year, lawmakers endorsed an impeachment complaint accusing Duterte of misuse of confidential funds, graft and corruption, and betrayal of public trust, following a congressional probe into her spending as vice president and former education secretary.
The complaint was transmitted to the Senate, which briefly convened as an impeachment court. Proceedings, however, stalled amid legal challenges questioning the validity of the case.
In July, the Supreme Court ruled that the impeachment complaint violated the Constitution’s one-year bar, citing earlier complaints filed against Duterte within the same 12-month period. The ruling effectively halted the trial, with the Court stressing it did not rule on the merits of the allegations.
With the one-year prohibition nearing its expiration, both allies and critics expect impeachment moves to resurface—an outcome Duterte said she has long anticipated.