Sara Duterte Impeachment Trial LIVE | Philippines VP Trial Day 4 | Witness Takes Stand Against Sara

Philippines Senate LIVE: Sara Duterte Impeachment Trial- Eyewitness Testimony | Philippines Senate VP Duterte Trial | July 2026 | CNBC TV18 MANILA, Philippines – The Senate impeachment court capped the first week of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Wednesday by granting the House prosecution’s request to subpoena Office of the Vice President chief of staff Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez. Lopez was ordered to appear and testify as one of the prosecution’s key witnesses when hearings resume Monday, July 13, according to court spokesperson Reginald Tongol. The vice president’s top aide is among three witnesses the prosecution intends to call in the second week of the trial to support Article IV, the grave-threats charge alleging that Duterte hired a hitman to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. Throughout the trial, defense counsel Atty. Carlo Narvasa hurled multiple objections against the prosecution panel over how they were conducting the proceedings, to the point that tensions began to flare. The Philippine Senate was due to convene as an impeachment court on Monday that could decide the future of Vice President Sara Duterte, with a heated battle between two rival political camps set to be front and centre in the trial. The impeachment trial will be a high-stakes event that could either kill off Duterte’s 2028 presidential hopes, or strengthen her position as lead contender to succeed her bitter rival, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who is constitutionally barred from running again. It comes against a turbulent political backdrop, just days after chaos and a shootout in the upper house and a potentially decisive change in its leadership, both stemming from the re-emergence from hiding of a pro-Duterte senator wanted by the International Criminal Court. Just as lawmakers prepared to vote to impeach Duterte in the lower house on May 11, politician Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa reappeared to cast a crucial Senate vote to install Duterte loyalist Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate president, effectively making Cayetano the presiding officer for the impeachment trial. #philippinessenate #saraduterte #marcosjr ##NBI #saradutertefor2028 #saradutertetrial #saradutertecase #FerdinandMarcosJr #Senate #philippinesvicepresident #duteret #ImpeachmentTrial #Philippines #PhilippineSenate #cnbctv18live YouTube Channel -    / @etnow   Subscribe To ET Now For Latest Updates On Stocks Market News , Business News, Company News, IPO & More | https://bit.ly/SubscribeToETNow Subscribe Now To Our Network Channels :- ET Now Swadesh:    / etnowswadesh   Times Now: http://goo.gl/U9ibPb Social Media Links :- Twitter - http://goo.gl/hA0vDt Facebook - http://goo.gl/5Lr4mC Website - https://www.etnownews.com Download our App for Breaking News: https://tinyurl.com/4y6e3u2e Follow us on Google News for latest updates ET Now: https://news.google.com/publications/... Times Now Navbharat: https://bit.ly/3zDaKJo Times Now : https://bit.ly/3CyrrYg Zoom: https://bit.ly/3CEK0dv