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The Impending Impeachment Conviction of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte

Four months into her impeachment trial in the Senate, the political winds are starting to turn against Duterte.

The Philippine Senate holds a hearing in the ongoing impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Oct. 13, 2026.

Recent political realignments in the Philippines suggest that a guilty verdict has already been secured in the ongoing impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

The House of Representatives twice impeached Duterte, but it was only in July that a trial was convened by the Senate, which needs to deliver a verdict on the allegations that the vice president committed high crimes and betrayed public trust.

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