Philippines' Sara Duterte wants to stand impeachment trial so she can see ‘bloodbath'
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio wants her impeachment trial to go ahead, days after her allies outperformed at the midterm election that could add to her bloc of supporters in the Senate.
Duterte-Carpio said her lawyers' preparations were in 'full throttle' for the impeachment trial. 'I truly want a trial because I want a bloodbath,' she told reporters on Saturday.
She was impeached by the House of Representatives in February for her alleged death threat against President
Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and misusing public funds, accusations she denies.
She will now be tried by the Senate, which is scheduled for July, when the country's new Congress convenes.
Her latest comments come after at least four of the candidates she endorsed won in the country's 12-seat Senate race on May 12, multiple surveys had indicated. A fifth candidate – who was part of the Marcos slate, but who also sought Duterte-Carpio's backing – also won.
They will all be jurors when the 24-member chamber begins Duterte-Carpio's impeachment trial.
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