House has 215 votes to impeach Sara Duterte, matching 2025 figures – Ridon

MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives has mustered the support of more than two-thirds of the entire body to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte for a second time, a member of the justice committee said on Thursday, May 7.

“From consultations, we are now at around 215 House members supporting the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte,” Bicol Saro Representative Terry Ridon revealed.

Ridon has yet to release the breakdown, but if those numbers hold up on voting day, they will match last year’s figures, when 215 lawmakers also voted to sign the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.

For numerous days now, Vice President’s impeachment has been all but certain. Lakas-CMD committed 60 members to vote for her indictment, National Unity Party estimates 30 members, while the party-list coalition believes there are at least 47 impeachment supporters, bringing the parry commitments to at least 137.

Only 106 votes — or one-third of the House as per the Constitution — are needed to impeach the Vice President, but hitting 215 maintains the optics that there has been no let-up in the effort to hold Duterte accountable for her supposed wrongdoings.

“After the second and third hearings, the number of lawmakers that were convinced by the evidence increased,” Tingog Representative and Party-List Coalition Foundation secretary general Jude Acidre said.

The second hearing, in particular, unveiled a glaring disparity between the Vice President’s billion of pesos in bank transaction records and her modest cash declarations.

Just like last year, Duterte is also still accused of misusing public funds and issuing death threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

A plenary vote on the committee report containing the resolution that sets forth the impeachment articles is expected on Monday, May 11. – Rappler.com