Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to nullify an impeachment complaint against her, making her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to void her impeachment and block a Senate trial that could remove her from office. The House of Representatives, which is dominated by the allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Duterte was impeached on a range of accusations. At least 215 legislators in the lower house signed the complaint.

The Philippine Senate president says the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will begin after Congress reopens in June and will be done fairly to avoid a repeat of a 2001 impeachment proc

The Marcos and Duterte families dominate politics in the Philippines, and elections in the country can be as much a battle of personalities and factional interests as of policy.

It is the conflict between the United States and China that is being fought out in the upcoming election, and the impeachment is the opening salvo.

Bayan Muna Party-list on Wednesday submitted its position paper to the Senate calling for swift action on the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. “Para sa amin this is a formal and official

A group of lawyers and private citizens on Tuesday asked the Philippine Supreme Court to nullify the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying it didn’t follow the process under the constitution.

A petition has been filed by Vice President Sara Duterte before the Supreme Court (SC) to block the impeachment complaint filed against her in Congress. The petition for certiorari and prohibition, with urgent application for temporary restraining order and writ of preliminary injunction,

Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday filed the second legal challenge against her impeachment at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.