(12 May 2025)
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Davao City, Philippines – 12 May 2025
1. Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte greets supporters as she arrives at polling station
2. Wide of crowd meeting Duterte
3. Wide of Duterte inside a polling station
4. Mid of Duterte speaking to media during a press conference
STORYLINE:
Philippines VP Sara Duterte greeted supporters as she arrived at a polling station in Davao City ahead of the country’s midterm elections.
Over 68 million Filipinos registered to vote on Monday for half of the 24-member Senate, all the 317 seats in the House of Representatives and various positions in provinces, cities and municipalities.
Polls closed at 7 p.m. local time, but voters still in line in some areas were allowed to cast ballots.
The spotlight is on the race for the Senate that could determine the political future of Sara, the daughter of controversial former president Rodrigo Duterte.
She faces an impeachment trial in the Senate in July over accusations of plotting to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and corruption involving her office’s intelligence funds.
She has denied the allegations, saying they were spread by her political opponents to destroy her.
Sara Duterte is considered a strong contender for the 2028 presidential race. But if convicted by the Senate, she will be removed as vice president and disqualified from holding public office.
To be acquitted, she needs at least nine of the 24 senators to vote in her favor.
Her father was among candidates who vied for some 18-thousand national and local seats in Monday’s midterm elections.
Duterte has been in the custody of the International Criminal Court since March, awaiting trial for crimes against humanity over a brutal war on illegal drugs that left thousands of suspects dead during his 2016-2022 presidency.
It hasn’t stopped him from running for mayor of his southern Davao city stronghold.
Under Philippine law, candidates facing criminal charges, including those in detention, can run for office unless they have been convicted and have exhausted all appeals.
Duterte is widely expected to win as Davao mayor, a position he held for over two decades before becoming president.
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