With some groups blaming the defeat of administration candidates on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte and the arrest of her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, President Marcos said yesterday he is open to reconciliation with his political foes.

Following a heated political rivalry that culminated in a disappointing election turnout for the administration, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he is ready to make peace with the Duterte clan.

The constitutional process of impeachment has no room for the "chaos and theatrics" favored by Vice President Sara Duterte, whose calls for a "bloodbath" trial are out of place in what should be a "truth-seeking" proceeding, two House prosecutors said on Monday, May 19.

Most of the lawmakers who voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte were reelected in the midterm polls, debunking a scenario raised by some quarters that she would find vindication in the elections.

With International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan taking a temporary leave, one of his deputies is expected to take the lead in the ongoing proceedings against former president Rodrigo Duterte.