00:00House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamama Young Liberal Party List Representative Leila De Lima
00:06said that the reduction from seven articles of impeachment last year to four in the 2026 impeachment case
00:12against Vice President Sara Duterte should not be considered a downgrade.
00:18De Lima, a prospective impeachment prosecutor, enumerated the four articles of impeachment this year as follows.
00:25Misuse and irregular liquidation of confidential funds totaling at least 500 million pesos in the office of the Vice President
00:32and 112.5 million pesos in the Department of Education.
00:37Amassing unexplained wealth and failing to fully disclose assets in her statements of Salen.
00:44Bribery and corruption involving officials under her authority.
00:47And contracting or soliciting acts of violence including alleged threats against top government officials.
00:53The articles were approved on Monday, May 4th during the final impeachment hearing of the House Committee on Justice
00:58chaired by Batanga's 2nd District Representative Jervil Jinkie Beatrix Luistro.
01:04De Lima said the committee settled on four articles because similar grounds were consolidated to make the case clearer and
01:10more coherent.
01:11The two active impeachment complaints include the Sabalia et al. complaint and the Cabreba complaint.
01:16De Lima said the proposed grounds from both complaints, originally totaling around six to seven articles each,
01:23were consolidated into four articles while still covering all issues raised.
01:28She added that a conviction on even one article would be enough to unseat Duterte as Vice President
01:33and permanently disqualify her from holding public office.
01:37Referring to Monday's hearing, Leila de Lima said a substantive correction was added on Sara Duterte's alleged failure to divest
01:45business interests,
01:46noting that the Constitution bars top officials from participating in businesses while in office.
01:51The seven articles of impeachment against Duterte in 2025 were the following.
02:01Duterte was impeached last year through the constitutional fast-track process, but no Senate trial followed.
02:08For a second impeachment to proceed, the committee report and four articles of impeachment must first be approved by the
02:14House Plenary.
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