Sara Duterte Speaks on Possible Impeachment Following House Justice Panel’s Findings

VP Sara Duterte Speaks on Possible Impeachment

SARA DUTERTE – The Vice President spoke on the possibility that she will be impeached following the findings of the House Committee on Justice.

The House Justice panel found a probable cause to impeach Vice Pres. Duterte. It was a unanimous voting of all 55 members of the committee who were present at the hearing. The decision came after four impeachment hearings were held.

Two (2) impeachment raps against the Vice President were found sufficient in form, substance, and grounds by the House Justice panel. Here are some of the allegations against Duterte:

• Alleged culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes in amassing and converting the amount over PHP 500 million confidential funds (CF) allocated to the Office of the Vice President from 2022 to 2023
• Alleged culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes in amassing and converting the amount of not less than PHP 112.5 million of confidential funds allocated to the Department of Education (DepEd) for the year 2023
• Alleged culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust by corrupting and bribing officials of the DepEd
• Alleged culpable violation of the Constitution, betrayal of public trust, and other high crimes in contracting to murder or assassinate the president, the first lady, and the former speaker of the House
• Alleged culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust in amassing unexplained wealth and failing to disclose all her properties and interests in properties in her SALN
• Alleged culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust in committing acts of  political destabilization and the high crimes of sedition and insurrection

Vice Pres. Sara Duterte’s camp previously said that it is “not unexpected” for the House panel to find a probable cause to impeach the Vice President. According to her lawyer, Atty. Michael Poa, they are ready not just to win but to prove to the Filipino people that the Vice President is not corrupt.

Currently, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte is in The Hague to visit former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Her visit to the former President inside the International Criminal Court’s detention facility came amid the attempts to oust her and she has left it all in God’s hands.

Based on News5, speaking in The Hague following her visit to former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte inside the ICC detention facility, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte expressed her belief that everything that happens in the life of a person is already written by God.

“Lahat ng mga nangyayari sa buhay ng isang tao ay sinulat ’yan ng Diyos,” she said.

Based on the post, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte added that if she will be impeached, she believes that it has already been written by God. Her statement came after the House Committee on Justice approved the report regarding the impeachment complaints against her.

“Kung ma-impeach ako, ‘yan ay isinulat ng Diyos,” the Vice President said.

Previously, Davao Congressman Paolo Duterte spoke on the impeachment moves against VP Sara in the House. Here are the findings of the House Justice panel following four impeachment hearings:

• Detainee Ramil Madriaga’s account of disbursing P125 million worth of confidential funds of the Vice President within 24 hours with cash deliveries in Laguna, Quezon City, and the Office of the Ombudsman
• Madriaga signing a bank waiver to prove that he has nothing to hide
• Madriaga alleging that the Vice President’s election campaign may have been financed by Pharmally which has been linked to anomalous government procurement 
• the Commission on Audit (COA) revealing that the notice of disallowance on the P73 million confidential fund in 2022 was upheld by the COA commission proper
• The NBI representatives testifying on signatures in the acknowledgment receipts of recipients of confidential funds
• COA’s Gloria Camora, a lawyer of COA’s Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office, confirming that COA also issued three notices of disallowance on three releases of confidential funds for the OVP in 2023 worth P125 million each or P375 million in total 
• the testimonies of various resource persons, regarding the “envelopes” and the questionable receipts, and other statements
• the Philippine Statistics Authority testifying that recipients of confidential funds, such as Mary Grace Piattos, Milky Secuya, and Kokoy Villamin do not have records in the country’s civil registry
• the Vice President not declaring any cash on hand or in bank under her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth from 2019 to 2024
• the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) report flagging P6.7 billion worth of bank transactions of the Vice President and her husband, Manases Carpio, as covered and suspicious transactions from 2006 to 2025, with inflow standing at P4.425 billion and outflow at P1.55 billion
• the AMLC report revealed that there is a derogatory record for the Vice President and her husband
• the AMLC report showing that Vice President was the subject of suspicion in 27 confidential reports dated August 2, 2024 to January 29, 2026  due to suspected activities involving drug trafficking and related  offenses, graft and corrupt practices, and malversation of public funds and property in connection with the House Quad Committee hearing on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, news reports alleging the involvement of the Vice President’s husband in the P6.4 billion shabu importation in 2017 and the news reports on the Vice President’s alleged misuse of confidential funds
• the AMLC report showing that her husband, Atty. Carpio, as subject of suspicion in 17 confidential reports from September 14, 2017 to April 25, 2025 due to suspected activities involving drug trafficking and related offenses, and malversation of public funds and property “in connection with the news reports on alleged his involvement in the PP6.4 billion shabu importation in 2017 and news articles in relation to his wife, VP Sara’s, alleged misuse of confidential/intelligence funds”
• the AMLC confirmation that at least 18 bank transactions linked to Vice President Sara Duterte and her family members, as cited in the affidavit of former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, match records of covered and suspicious transaction reports
• the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) findings that the video of a press conference showing Vice President Duterte making a threat to kill President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his family members in certain circumstances constitutes inciting to sedition and three counts of grave threat, among others.