Philippine Senate to Convene as Court Next Week for VP Duterte Impeachment The Philippine Senate's decision to convene as an impeachment court marks a seismic shift in the country's politics.
The upper house will try Vice President Sara Duterte on charges of misusing public funds, accumulating unexplained wealth, and threatening the lives of former President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
, his wife, and former House Speaker Gloria Arroyo. The Philippines has long been a theater for dramatic politics, but this trial will be different. With Duterte's position as heir apparent to Marcos Jr.