# Marcos vs Duterte: Sara's Senate impeachment trial opens July 6
> 257 House votes, $110m in flagged transfers, and a trial that runs in parallel with the elder Duterte's ICC case at The Hague

**Meta:** type: story · date: 2026-05-11 · heads: Quién decide, El dinero de quién · 7 takes · 3 lenses · 4 regions

## Summary

The Marcos–Duterte feud reaches the Senate floor. [Ferdinand Marcos Jr](/es/entity/ferdinand-marcos-jr)'s allies in
the House impeached Vice-President Sara Duterte a second time on 11 May 2026 — 257 votes
— consolidating four complaints into one set of articles covering misuse of confidential
funds, unexplained wealth, and alleged threats against Marcos, the First Lady and former
Speaker Romualdez; one allegation cites over $110m in transfers flagged by the
anti-money-laundering body. The Senate trial opens 6 July, sitting afternoons Monday to
Wednesday. It runs in parallel with the [Philippines](/es/entity/philippines)' deepest political rupture: Marcos
last year surrendered former president Rodrigo Duterte to the Icc, where he awaits
trial for crimes against humanity over the drug war, and ICC warrants reach into the
Senate itself (Senator dela Rosa). Conviction would bar Sara from the 2028 presidency.

## By the numbers

- 257 — House votes to impeach, 11 May 2026.
- $110m+ — transfers flagged by the anti-money-laundering council in one article.
- 6 July — Senate trial start date; ~2/3 vote needed to convict.
- 2028 — the presidential election a conviction would block Sara Duterte from contesting.

## Why it matters

This is a dynastic contest for the post-Marcos succession dressed as a constitutional
trial. A conviction removes Marcos's likeliest 2028 rival; an acquittal emboldens the
Duterte camp. With the elder Duterte at The Hague, the family's political survival now
hinges on the Senate vote.

## What to watch

- Whether senators reach the two-thirds threshold to convict.
- Fallout from ICC warrants touching trial participants.
- Street mobilisation by both camps as the trial proceeds.

## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens)

### unlabelled
- **Philippine Senate / House of Representatives (Congress.gov.ph)** (Philippines, en) — Official Philippine Congress record of the House justice panel's unanimous approval of the impeachment articles before the plenary vote — the primary procedural document.
  Source: https://www.congress.gov.ph/media/press-releases/view/?content=9753&title=House+panel+unanimously+approves+VP+Sara+impeachment+report%2C+articles%3B+elevates+case+to+plenary
- **Al Jazeera** (Qatar, en) — 
  Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/18/philippines-launches-vp-duterte-impeachment-trial-amid-political-division
- **Philstar** (Philippines, en) — 
  Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/05/22/2529687/saras-impeachment-trial-start-july-6
- **Philippine Daily Inquirer** (Philippines, en) — 
  Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2232455/tentative-schedule-for-sara-dutertes-impeachment-trial
- **Wikipedia (Second impeachment of Sara Duterte)** (Global, en) — 
  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Sara_Duterte

### Philippine independent / investigative
- **Rappler** (Philippines, en) — Sets the trial calendar (opening 6 July, afternoons Mon–Wed) and reads the proceedings through the Marcos–Duterte rupture, detailing the confidential-funds, unexplained-wealth and threat allegations and the political maths of a Senate conviction.
  > "The Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will begin July 6, sitting afternoons Monday to Wednesday, on charges including misuse of confidential funds."
  Source: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/vice-president-sara-duterte-trial-schedule-2026/

### regional analysis
- **The Diplomat** (Japan, en) — Analyses conviction prospects and the entanglement with ICC warrants against Duterte allies (incl. Senator dela Rosa), arguing the trial is as much a contest over the 2028 succession as over Sara Duterte's conduct.
  > "The trial is a battle over 2028 as much as Sara Duterte's conduct, complicated by ICC warrants reaching into the Senate that will judge her."
  Source: https://thediplomat.com/2026/06/what-to-expect-from-the-impeachment-trial-of-the-philippine-vice-president-duterte/

## Across the graph
- Related: [[marcos-scarborough-nature-reserve]]
- Entities: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Philippines, Sara Duterte

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