Duterte Faces Impeachment Case Despite Marcos Push to Cool Feud
- Allegations against Duterte include graft, mental incapacity
- President Marcos has warned impeachment bid would waste time
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Philippine civil groups filed an impeachment complaint on Monday against Vice President Sara Duterte, a move that may struggle to find lawmaker support ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Duterte’s alleged unlawful acts include corruption, bribery, and other “high crimes,” according to the complaint endorsed by Akbayan, a progressive political alliance, which also cited her apparent threat to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. killed as evidence of her “depravity” and “mental incapacity” to serve.