The Philippine Supreme Court docket has not dismissed the impeachment case in opposition to Vice President Sara Duterte in March, opposite to rumours which have circulated on social media. The false posts misrepresented a information report about South Korea’s constitutional courtroom reinstating Prime Minister Han Duck-soo as appearing head of state following months of political turmoil.
“Breaking Information VP Sara has gained,” reads Tagalog-language textual content overlaid on a Facebook video shared March 26, 2025.
“The Supreme Court docket has junked the impeachment criticism in opposition to VP Sarah (sic),” its caption additional claims.
It reveals a information anchor saying “5 out of eight magistrates” agreed to dismiss an impeachment case in opposition to a public official — whose title was not talked about all through the one-minute 25-second clip.
Screenshot of the false submit, taken on April 4, 2025
Vice President Duterte was impeached by the Home of Representatives in early February for “violation of the structure, betrayal of public belief, graft and corruption, and different excessive crimes”.
Her household is embroiled in a bitter feud with President Ferdinand Marcos, a one-time ally and Duterte’s operating mate within the 2022 presidential marketing campaign, which they gained in a landslide.
Her Senate trial is ready to happen following the Might 12 midterm election, the outcomes of which is able to decide who serves as her jurors. If convicted, the vice chairman can be barred from holding public workplace.
Legal professionals supporting Duterte have requested the Supreme Court to toss the impeachment and stop the Senate from continuing with a trial, saying it had been unconstitutionally rushed by with out correct oversight (archived link).
However there have been no official studies the courtroom has issued a choice as of April 7.
Related false claims circulating on TikTok have been earlier debunked by Philippine fact-checking organisation Vera Recordsdata (archived link).
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Reverse image searches on Google utilizing keyframes from the misrepresented video discovered it published on the verified YouTube account of native TV station Net25 on March 25, 2025 (archived link).
The clip is from the community’s present affairs programme “Sa Ganang Mamamayan” which interprets to “For the Citizen”.
A portion of the published omitted within the circulating posts reveals the anchor figuring out the topic of the report as South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo — not Vice President Duterte.
Han turned the nation’s appearing chief in December 2024 after South Korea’s president on the time, Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached following a short-lived declaration of martial regulation (archived link).
Han was additionally impeached over what the opposition calls his refusal to signal into regulation particular payments to research Yoon, however the constitutional courtroom reinstated him as appearing president (archived link).
Though the information anchor mistakenly refers back to the South Korean tribunal because the “supreme courtroom” earlier within the clip, he later corrects himself.
“The constitutional courtroom of South Korea has junked the impeachment criticism in opposition to Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo final Monday, yesterday,” the anchor stated.
Screenshot of the false submit (L) and the Net25 video on YouTube
The Philippine Supreme Court docket is composed of 15 judges — not eight. The excessive courtroom could sit en banc or in divisions of three, 5 or seven members primarily based on the discretion of the judges (archived link).
AFP has beforehand fact-checked false claims associated to Duterte’s impeachment.
