Philippine parliament votes to impeach vice-president

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Virma Simonette & Joel Guinto

BBC News, Reporting from Manila and Singapore

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The Philippines' parliament has voted to impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte pursuing complaints astir alleged corruption.

Duterte, the girl of erstwhile president Rodrigo Duterte, has been accused of misusing millions of dollars successful nationalist funds and threatening to person Marcos assassinated.

She has denied the charges and alleged she is the unfortunate of a governmental vendetta.

The daze determination is wide seen arsenic an escalation of Duterte's bitter feud with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, which has kept the federation connected borderline for months.

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