VP Impeachment: Numbers in House, but not in Senate

Impeachment complaints filed against Vice President Sara Duterte will likely get the support or one-third of the House of Representatives, according to Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr.

- JOSE RODEL CLAPANO

"But we don't know if it will succeed in the Senate," Abante told Teleradyo Serbisyo.

Congressmen are still "blind" to the impeachment process against Duterte "because nobody is moving," he said.

“There is no movement although three impeachment complaints have already been filed,” he said.

Duterte’s impeachment might proceed depending on the actions of congressmen, some of whom were still on vacation as of yesterday, he noted.

Only one-third of House members are needed for a resolution to get approved and set into motion the articles of impeachment, according to Abante, vice chairman of House committee on good government and public accountability.

He admitted the campaign period for the mid-term elections might set back impeachment proceedings.