Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to nullify an impeachment complaint against her, making her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.

Vice President Sara Duterte filed a petition before the Supreme Court questioning the constitutionality of her impeachment.

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte has filed a petition with the Supreme Court (SC) asking the High Court to block her impeachment trial.

The Marcos and Duterte families dominate politics in the Philippines, and elections in the country can be as much a battle of personalities and factional interests as of policy.

Vice President Sara Duterte has filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging the validity and constitutionality of the 4th impeachment complaint against her.

VICE President Sara Duterte has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the validity and constitutionality of the impeachment complaint submitted

The lawyers, Isaraelito Torreon, the lawyer of detained doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy, former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board chief Martin Delgra and 27 other petitioners, filed the petition before the high court on Tuesday,

An impeachment prosecutor on Wednesday expressed belief that the Supreme Court should not order a halt to the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte.

Vice President Sara Duterte filed a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition before the Supreme Court (SC), seeking to nullify the impeachment complaint

A group of lawyers and private citizens on Tuesday asked the Philippine Supreme Court to nullify the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying it didn’t follow the process under the constitution.