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Congress impeached Duterte in 2025, but the Supreme Court later declared this unconstitutional. The proceedings of the new impeachment complaint against Duterte in 2026 are ongoing.
Claim: Vice President Sara Duterte has now been impeached by the House of Representatives.
Rating: MISSING CONTEXT
Why we looked at these facts: The Facebook thread from Toto Leomel has received 117,000 views, 2,000 views, 280 shares, and 210 comments since it was posted on March 1st.
Reel has a news clip from a GMA News report on Duterte’s impeachment in the House of Representatives. “For the first time, the vice president of the country has been accused by the Parliament. 215 MPs approved the fourth complaint to remove the Vice President, Sara Duterte from power, more than 102 or one third of all members required so that they are not judged here in the Parliament,” said the writer.
(For the first time ever, the vice president of the country has been impeached by the House of Representatives. The fourth complaint to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte was approved by 215 members of the House, more than 102 or one third of all members of the House so that they are not judged here in the House.)
A text overlay added to the reel reads, “VP Sara Duterte impeached him for the first time”(VP Sara Duterte impeached, for the first time)” and “Courtesy: GMA7.”
Several comments under the post believed the claim in the video to be true, with mixed reactions of anger and celebration among some.
Facts: The video clip in the post came from a GMA News Report last year, when Parliament accused Duterte on February 5, 2025. The Supreme Court later declared that against the constitutioneffectively stopping the prosecution case against him.
The 2025 news report was taken out of context as it was republished while Duterte is facing a new impeachment complaint filed in 2026. The 2025 report was misrepresented as the latest in a new impeachment drive against the Vice President.
The two impeachment complaints against Duterte – one filed by priests and another filed by attorney Nathaniel Cabrera, all filed February 2026 – withdrawn sufficient in form and substance and the parliamentary justice committee on March 2 and 4, respectively.
Following that, Duterte was given a notice by the committee, giving him 10 days to respond to the allegations against him. His camp has been received on March 5, but has yet to respond as of writing.
The petition calls for Duterte to be removed from power due to various alleged misappropriations of secret funds, corruption of education officials, apparent threats to the life of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his family and his unexplained wealth.
New charge storage: This is the second time that Parliament wants to impeach Duterte. In 2025, a total of 215 lawmakers, or more than two-thirds of the 306 members of the House, supported the resolution that led to the passage of the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
However, no trial was held because his impeachment case was considered against the constitution and the Supreme Court due to the “one year bar rule.” Article XI, Section 3(5) of the Constitution it states that “impeachment proceedings (cannot) be instituted against the same officer more than once within a period of one year.”
Development leaders and civil society organizations refilled new impeachment petitions against Duterte after the one-year bar expires. (READ: What is new in the impeachment complaint against Sara Duterte?)
In this latest move to impeach him, the parliamentary justice committee has 60 days of session from February 23 to make a decision on the request to impeach him. – Princess Leah Sagaad/Rappler.com
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