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Impeachment in the Philippines is an expressed power of the Congress of the Philippines to formally charge a serving government official with an impeachable offense. After being impeached by the House of Representatives , the official is then tried in the Senate .
Philippines: President: November 13, 2000: Corruption: Impeached by the House of Representatives of the Philippines; case went to impeachment trial at the Senate but the trial was aborted when he declared his resignation on January 20, 2001. Succeeded in office by vice president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. [40] Fernando Collor de Mello
Renato Corona, the 23rd chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, was impeached on December 12, 2011. Corona was the third official, after former President Joseph Estrada in 2000 and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in March 2011, to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
The second impeachment complaint accuses Duterte of "betrayal of public trust" in misspending 612.5 million pesos ($10.49 million), ordering officials under her office to forge reports to cover-up ...
The impeachment bid is the latest twist in a high-profile row among three of the Philippines' highest office-holders, after the collapse of a powerful alliance between their families led to Mr ...
In August 2024, Sara Duterte said she expects an impeachment case to be filed against her following her fallout with the president and information she heard from allies within the lower house. [14] In September 2024, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan has described impeachment of Duterte as necessary over her use of confidential funds in 2022 and 2023 ...
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Friday that any impeachment complaint against his estranged vice president Sara Duterte would only distract Congress and not help ...
Before midnight, the impeachment was put through a vote, after which Deputy Speaker Fuentebella announced the result. With 4 representatives abstaining, 47 against, and 210 for the impeachment, the House impeached Gutierrez. [35] The minority bloc, Nacionalista Party and the NPC did not have a common stand but instead had a "conscience vote."