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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte was the first vice president to be impeached in the Philippines.
00:05Let's go back to the other officials of the country who faced impeachment in the breaking news of J.P. Soriano.
00:15This is one of the unforgettable meetings of the administration of President Joseph Estrada in 2000.
00:21On the verified complaint for impeachment against his excellency President Joseph Ejército Estrada
00:27for alleged bribery, graft and corruption, betrayal of public trust, and culpable violation of the Constitution.
00:36The reading of the articles of impeachment against Estrada in the plenary of the House of Representatives
00:42was even tried by his allies.
00:45Mr. Speaker!
00:46Section 3, Paragraph 4 of Article 11 of the Constitution of the Philippines
00:51and Section 13 of the Rules of Procedures of Impeachment Proceedings
00:56In case the verified complaint or resolution of impeachment is filed
01:00Mr. Speaker, I rise to raise a point of order.
01:03Endorsement of the complaint, resolution to the Senate, a verified complaint
01:09Accordingly, the Secretary General is immediately directed to transmit to the Senate
01:16the impeachment complaint constituting the articles of impeachment
01:20together with the verified resolution of endorsement.
01:25Mr. Speaker!
01:28Because of this, Estrada became the first President of the country to be impeached.
01:34The no vote habit.
01:37I represent!
01:39I represent!
01:40His impeachment trial could not be completed due to the incitement of EDSA 2
01:44who asked him to resign.
01:47Because of Estrada, the word impeachment came alive in the vocabulary of the Filipinos.
01:55This is the process that is included in the law
01:58for the removal of presidents, vice presidents, members of the Supreme Court
02:04and leaders of the Constitutional Commissions as well as ombudsmen.
02:09According to the GMA Integrated News Research
02:13it was first tried in 1949
02:16when President Elpidio Quirino filed an impeachment complaint.
02:21In 1964, President Diosdado Macapagal also faced that.
02:26And in 1985, President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
02:31All of those complaints were trashed.
02:34This process was also used against President Cory Aquino in 1988
02:39but it also did not succeed.
02:41Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was slapped
02:44by subsequent impeachment complaints from 2005 to 2008
02:50but none of them succeeded.
02:54Former President Inoy Aquino and Rodrigo Duterte also faced that in 2014
03:01but all of them were trashed as well.
03:04Impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Z. Duterte.
03:08Is there any objection?
03:10The chair hears none. The motion is approved.
03:13The impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte
03:17became history
03:19because she was the first Vice President to be impeached in the country
03:24but she was not the first Vice President to be impeached.
03:31Estrada was also impeached during her time as Vice President in 1994.
03:36Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was also impeached in 2000.
03:41None of them succeeded.
03:44Impeachment complaint against Vice President Noli de Castro in 2005
03:50and Leni Robredo in 2017 were also approved
03:53but none of them were endorsed.
03:58In total, five officials were impeached after the EDSA revolution.
04:03President Estrada in 2000,
04:06Former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in 2011,
04:10Former Chief Justice Renato Corona in 2012,
04:14Former Comilect Chairman Andres Bautista in 2017,
04:18and now Vice President Duterte.
04:22J.P. Soriano reporting for GMA Integrated News.

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