The House of Representatives impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte, with 215 lawmakers or more than two-thirds of the House’s 306 members back the resolution that set forth the articles of impeachment to be transmitted to the Senate.
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00:00There is a motion to direct the Secretary General to immediately endorse to the Senate
00:07the impeachment complaint.
00:09Having been filed by more than one-third of the membership of the House, or a total of
00:14215 members, is there any objection?
00:19The Chair hears none.
00:20The motion is approved.
00:22The Secretary General is so directed.
00:25The session is suspended.
00:28The House of Representatives impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte Wednesday, February
00:335.
00:34215 lawmakers, or more than two-thirds of the House's 306 members, backed the resolution
00:39that set forth the articles of impeachment to be transmitted to the Senate.
00:43The ball is now in the Court of the Senate, which has to conduct a trial that may either
00:47result in Duterte's conviction or acquittal.
00:50The move comes nearly two months since three impeachment complaints were lodged against
00:53Duterte at the lower chamber.
00:55It has been nearly five months since the House's inquiry into her alleged misuse of
00:59public funds as the country's second-highest official and education secretary.
01:03The months-long investigation uncovered how she let security personnel handle the confidential
01:08funds in apparent violation of government rules, and how the receipts she submitted
01:12to state auditors were signed by dubious people with no birth records.