The Philippines House justice committee found probable cause to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte over allegations she misused public funds, accumulated unexplained wealth and threatened President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his relatives, the Philippine Star reported April 29. The complaint will move to a plenary vote when Congress resumes in May, where support from one-third of House members would send the case to the Senate for trial.

Congress is reviving the impeachment case after one year, following a Supreme Court ruling that voided the 2025 complaint against Duterte based on procedural grounds. The timing keeps legal and political pressure on Duterte as she tries to protect her 2028 presidential prospects while her father's International Criminal Court case also weighs on the family's wider political position.