• The Philippine lower house of parliament voted to advance impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.
  • The case now proceeds to a Senate trial; a guilty verdict would remove Duterte from office and bar her from holding elected positions for life.
  • The impeachment articles focus on misappropriation of public funds, unexplained assets, bribery, and an alleged death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos.
  • Lawmakers voted 255 to 26, with nine abstentions, to send evidence to the Senate.
  • The impeachment stems from a statement where Sara Duterte said she had hired an assassin to kill Marcos if he assassinated her; she later said her remarks were misinterpreted.
  • Her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, is facing trial at the International Criminal Court over his deadly anti-drug campaign.

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