Sara, lawyers won’t attend impeach hearing todayReporters wait at the press briefing room of the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong in July 2025. MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte and her lawyers will not attend the hearing today on her impeachment case by the committee on justice of the House of Representatives. Also up for resolution is the petition to place under the panel’s custody a key witness, Ramil Madriaga, who claims to be a former “bagman” of the Vice President. “Of course, there is a very big disparity between the impeachment against the President and the Vice President. These are official audit findings.”It’s unclear if the Vice President has accepted the committee’s invitation to attend today’s hearing or any of the other scheduled hearings.

Source: Philippine Star March 24, 2026 17:32 UTC