House Public Accounts Committee Chair Terry Ridon Speaks on Lifting of Ban on Impeachment Raps vs. VP Sara Duterte
The House of Representatives is ready to accept the possible fresh impeachment complaints versus Vice President Sara Duterte starting February 6.
In 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that the impeachment case against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte is “unconstitutional”. According to the high court, the complaint violates the one-year ban rule in filing impeachment raps.
Then, amid the public call for the impeachment trial to start, the Senate archive the impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte following the ruling of the Supreme Court. Nineteen (19) senators voted in favor of archiving the impeachment raps against Duterte:
YES
- Alan Peter Cayetano
- Pia Cayetano
- Ronald Dela Rosa
- JV Ejercito
- Francis Escudero
- Jinggoy Estrada
- Sherwin Gatchalian
- Bong Go
- Lito Lapid
- Loren Legarda
- Rodante Marcoleta
- Imee Marcos
- Robinhood Padilla
- Erwin Tulfo
- Raffy Tulfo
- Joel Villanueva
- Camille Villar
- Mark Villar
- Juan Miguel Zubiri
NO
- Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV
- Risa Hontiveros
- Francis Pangilinan
- Vicente “Tito” Sotto III
ABSTAIN
- Panfilo “Ping” Lacson
The ban on the filing of impeachment complaints against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte is set to expire on February 6. Previously, some groups and individuals have expressed an intent to file fresh impeachment raps against the Vice President.
The Supreme Court recently upheld its previous decision on the impeachment complaint filed against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. Recently, House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee chairman Terry Ridon said the House of Representatives is ready to receive fresh impeachment complaints against the Vice President starting February 6.
“We respect the decision of the Supreme Court in this matter. But, we want to make it clear that on Feb. 6, Congress is ready to accept and hear all new complaints against VP Sara Duterte,” the House of Representatives member said based on a report on PhilStar.
According to Terry Ridon, in resolving the motion of reconsideration filed by the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court supposedly removed the restrictive due process requirements imposed in its previous ruling. Based on the report, the House member specified the requirement for an advance notice and copies of evidence to be hand-in to the impeachable officers during the filing.
“The requirement of the SC now is first, all House members who will join the impeachment complaint under the express route must have a copy of the draft impeachment complaint and all the accompanying pieces of evidence. Second, all members included in the plenary deliberations of this impeachment under the express route should have a copy of the articles of impeachment and accompanying evidence,” the House of Representatives member added.
The camp of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte already expects that new impeachment complaints will be filed against her after the ban is lifted. The Vice President previously confirmed that her legal team is ready and they have even talked about it as early as December.