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IN a matter of weeks, the Senate will convene as an impeachment court to decide the fate of Vice President Sara Duterte. Many observers point to the overwhelming mandate that the Duterte camp received in the recently concluded elections and assume that some senators will mechanically vote to acquit. But Philippine politics is rarely that simple.
Yet Dela Rosa now faces an extraordinary personal predicament. The International Criminal Court has him in its sights for possible crimes against humanity over the drug war. With his onetime boss now detained at The Hague and more arrest warrants expected, it could be possible, not that it will happen, that Dela Rosa's loyalty to the Duterte family may waver in favor of sheer self-preservation.
Than Numbers Game: The Unpredictable Politics Of Sara Duterte's Impeachment Trial
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