Eighty percent of the House of Representatives did—257 lawmakers in favor and only 25 against and nine abstaining—making the Vice President the only official to be impeached twice in Philippine history. This resounding vote is way above the 52% of legislators who backed the impeachment of then President Joseph Estrada in 2000.

Last year, 240 congressmen endorsed the vice president’s impeachment but this year’s numbers were boosted by Luzon legislators and party-list groups. Lawmakers from Mindanao, the Duterte bailiwick, maintained strong support for the move. But the vote also showed the strength of Marcos influence in the House, where members of the president’s coalition voted to impeach. 

The public hearings conducted by the House justice panel may have tipped the votes. The hearings scrutinized the evidence supporting the allegations against the vice president: the Anti-Money Laundering Council revealed that Duterte’s flagged bank transactions from 2006 to 2025 had amounted to P6.7 billion. Questions were also raised about the VP’s wealth.

Some key findings based on official tally released by the House:

1) The Marcos influence remains mostly solid in the family’s home turf, the llocos region, with all district representatives backing the VP’s impeachment bid except for the Singsons of Ilocos Sur. This, despite presidential sister Sen. Imee Marcos backing the vice president.

The Singsons cracked the “Solid North.” Last year, all the Singsons backed impeachment but the dynasty’s patriarch Luis “Chavit” Singson has since turned against the President and been vocal in his support of the Duterte presidential bid. His relatives Ilocos Sur Reps. Ronald Singson and Kristine Singson-Meehan did not participate in the vote. His daughter Ako Ilocano Rep. Richelle Singson was the only one who voted against. 

2) Mindanao maintained support for the impeachment, with 41 of the 61 Mindanao district lawmakers voting to impeach the daughter of the country’s first president from the south. This is a slight decrease from last year’s 43.

Most significant is a shift in Davao region, the Dutertes’ bailiwick, where five out of the 11 district lawmakers voted to impeach the vice president. Davao del Sur Rep. John Tracy Cagas was the only district lawmaker from the region who backed the move last year.

Equally significant and an indication of the softening support for the Dutertes is that 12 Mindanao Congress members either abstained or did not participate in the vote, including the presiding officer South Cotabato Rep. Ferdinand Hernandez.

Still, eight Mindanao lawmakers voted against the impeachment, including Duterte’s family members and most vocal allies in the House. They said the impeachment is politically motivated and accused the House leadership of threatening congressmen with budget cuts to their district if they vote against the impeachment.

3) In the Visayas, 42 district lawmakers out of 50 —the same number as last year—endorsed the impeachment.

4) The impeachment highlighted dynastic power in the House, with several representatives abstaining from the vote because they have relatives in the Senate, where the impeachment trial will be held and the senators will sit as judges.

Bukidon Rep. Audrey Zubiri, wife of Sen. Miguel Zubiri, abstained from the impeachment vote so as not to “prejudice” her husband’s judgment once the trial begins. CIBAC Rep. Eddie Villanueva, father of Sen. Joel Villanueva, and Sorsogon Rep. Bernadette Escudero, sister of Sen. Francis Escudero, did not participate in the vote.

Sen. Loren Legarda’s brother Antique Rep. Antonio Legarda Jr. was silent on the vote, too. But her son Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste objected to the impeachment bid on the House floor. SAGIP Rep. Paolo Marcoleta, son of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, also voted against it.

Relatives of Sens. Erwin and Raffy Tulfo in the lower house, Quezon City Rep. Ralph Tulfo and ACT-CIS Rep. Jocelyn Tulfo, retained their votes in favor of the impeachment. The two House lawmakers backed the move last year.

The Senate, now led by a Duterte-allied majority, has initially slated the trial to begin on July 6. Duterte’s lawyers have said that they are “fully prepared to defend” the vice president.

Duterte is facing allegations of confidential funds misuse, unexplained wealth, bribery, and assassination threats against President Marcos. A conviction by the Senate would disqualify the vice president from running for public office.

In June last year, in the aftermath of the first impeachment of Duterte, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations found that six out of 10 Filipinos want the vice president to address allegations against her at the Senate.

But no trial happened in 2025 because the Senate returned the articles of impeachment to the House. The Supreme Court also struck down its validity due to technical issues.—with research from Christian Chua.

Editor’s Note: We corrected the relations of former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson with the Singsons who are currently House members.