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Former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo is confident that only two things will happen with the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte: either the complaint gets dismissed over legal issues or she gets acquitted in the event of a trial.

Months before the 2025 Midterm Elections, everyone could feel the buzz — seemingly a collective holding of breath, waiting to see what the polls would bring.

Reelected Sen. Ronald dela Rosa has expressed confidence that the emerging Duterte bloc in the Senate will get more than enough votes to acquit Vice President Sara Duterte in her upcoming impeachment trial.

In a resolution dated May 13, the DOJ dismissed the malicious mischief and violation of domicile complaints filed by the detained former president against Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Rommel Marbil, former Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos and several officials of the PNP due to lack of probable cause. 

Senate President Francis Escudero has written to the parties involved to prepare for the convening of the impeachment court on June 3 for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.