Supreme Court denies VP Sara plea to stop impeachment proceedings

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MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has not issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte.

This comes after Duterte filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition, with a request for an urgent temporary restraining order to prevent the House Committee on Justice from further acting on the impeachment complaints filed against her.

In a press briefer by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 8, it said that it consolidated all the petitions concerning Duterte’s impeachment and ordered the Justice Committee to respond within an extendible period of 10 days from receipt of notice.

“The SC consolidated these cases and, without necessarily giving due course to the petitions, directed respondents to comment within a non-extendible period of 10 days from receipt of notice,” the high court said.

However, it did not grant a temporary restraining order sought by the vice president.

Rep. Terry Ridon (Bicol Saro Partylist), who is a member of the House Justice Committee, said that without a TRO, the hearing of the impeachment complaints against Duterte will continue on April 14.

After the committee found the impeachment complaints against her on March 18 “sufficient in grounds,” it is conducting a hearing that is set to examine evidence, witnesses, and memoranda.

The House Committee on Justice is currently handling two out of four impeachment complaints, following the dismissal of the first over the one-year bar rule and the withdrawal of the second by its sponsors.

These complaints reiterate allegations from a previous 2025 attempt, including the alleged misuse of confidential funds, bribery, and culpable violations of the 1987 Constitution.