### [2026-09-23](/feed/2026/09/23/index.md)

##### Second impeachment of Sara Duterte
# The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, rules that only senator-judges able to participate count toward the conviction threshold in vice president Sara Duterte's trial, reducing the required votes from 16 to 14. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippine-senate-lowers-number-votes-needed-convict-vp-sara-duterte-2026-09-23/)

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