House of Representatives. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� A total of 215 lawmakers have signed the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte, which allowed the House of Representatives to immediately forward the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
Below is a list of all lawmakers who signed in favor of the complaints:
Under the 1987 Constitution, an impeachment complaint could be forwarded to the Senate for a trial if over one-third of all House members 鈥� 102 out of 306 鈥斕� have signed and endorsed the petition.
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Copies of the fourth impeachment complaint showed that there were seven articles of impeachment:
- Betrayal of public trust, commission of high crimes due to her threats to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez
- Betrayal of public trust and graft and corruption due to misuse of CFs within the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP)
- Betrayal of public trust and bribery within the DepEd
- Violation of the 1987 Constitution and betrayal of public trust due to unexplained wealth and failure to disclose assets
- Commission of high crimes, due to involvement in extrajudicial killings in the drug war
- Betrayal of public trust due to alleged destabilization plots and high crimes of sedition and insurrection
- Betrayal of acts due to her unbecoming conduct as Vice President
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Earlier, 1-Rider party-list Rep. Ramon Rodrigo Gutierrez said that 24 more lawmakers signed the impeachment complaint, bringing the total to 239.听 However, it is unclear if the lawmakers would still be included in the official complaint.