“The National Unity Party (NUP) has taken note of the renewed discussions surrounding the impeachment proceedings filed against Vice President Sara Duterte. Impeachment is one of the most important constitutional powers entrusted to Congress. It is not a political instrument nor a forum for revisiting matters already exhaustively examined. Rather, it is a solemn constitutional mechanism for enforcing accountability at the highest levels of public office, and should be evaluated carefully in light of the evidence presented. At this stage, the NUP has not seen the inclusion of new and material evidence that would warrant a departure from issues that have already been the subject of prior inquiries and extensive public hearings. Unless compelling new evidence emerges during the course of these hearings that fundamentally alters the factual basis for the impeachment complaint, the NUP will most likely not vote in favor of this measure.”

“The Party will not pre-empt such proceedings and remains prepared to assess any new evidence presented in the course of the deliberations,” says a press release from a Philippines congressional bloc decisive to the question of whether psychotic Vice President Sara Duterte should be removed from office for threatening to assassinate President Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos.

The NUP backed off their support for removing Sara – daughter of current International Criminal Court defendant and ex-dictator Rodrigo Duterte – after she announced her 2028 presidential bid last week. Just going by her own rhetoric and her family’s reputation one could say the call was more actuarial than political in a country where it’s an employer’s market for death squads.