VP impeach case still not referred to SpeakerA photo uploaded on Dec. 14, 2025, on Facebook shows Vice President Sara Duterte joining her staff from central and satellite offices during the 2025 year-end celebration. The Speaker said the two impeachment suits filed by the Makabayan bloc and civil society group-led Tindig Pilipinas have remained in the office of House secretary-general Cheloy Garafil. Nevertheless, House justice committee vice chair San Juan Rep. Ysabel Maria Zamora assured the public that lawmakers will strictly adhere and comply with the House impeachment rules that they had set. But of course we promise to do it in accordance with the House rules (on impeachment cases),” Zamora said. Duterte has since denied her alleged links to Madriaga, but the latter’s lawyer – Raymond Palad of the Palad Lauron Palad & Te Law Office – claims otherwise.

Source: Philippine Star February 05, 2026 16:44 UTC