A YouTube video claims that the House of Representatives can no longer appeal the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision declaring the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte unconstitutional. This is false.
While the High Court’s ruling is immediately executory, SC spokesperson Camille Ting said the House may still file a motion for reconsideration.
Published on July 26, the inaccurate video bore the headline that read:
“GAME OVER NA | KAMARA HINDI NA PWEDE IAPELA ANG DECISION NG KORTE SUPREMA SA IMPEACHMENT NI VP SARA
(It’s game over | House can no longer appeal the Supreme Court’decision on VP Sara’s impeachment)”
The vlogger in the video cited Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s statement in a July 25 media interview, claiming the House no longer has any chance to file even a motion for reconsideration since the SC decision was unanimous.
The vlogger echoed the statement but, in the same breath, said the House can still “technically” file a motion for reconsideration.
In a July 27 press release, House spokesperson Princess Abante said the chamber will file a motion for reconsideration, stating that the SC decision was “anchored on erroneous factual premises that contradict official records of the House.”
Among the assertions in the SC resolution that Abante found inaccurate was that the House failed to act on the first three impeachment complaints filed in December 2024.
“Sa parehong araw na inaksyunan ang February complaint, bumoto rin ang Kamara sa plenaryo na i-archive ang tatlong impeachment complaints na inihain noong Disyembre. Ginawa ito ilang oras bago mag-adjourn ang session, dahil nakumpirma na ang Pebrero complaint ay pirmado at verified ng 1/3 ng mga miyembro ng Kamara,” Abante explained.
(On the same day the February complaint was acted upon, the House also voted in plenary to archive the three impeachment complaints filed in December. This was done a few hours before the session adjourned, as it had been confirmed that the February complaint was signed and verified by one-third of the members of the House.)
House Speaker Martin Romualdez earlier said they were preparing for an appeal, hoping “that there could be probably some refinements on the decision.”
The spurious video emerged a day after the High Court voided the impeachment complaint against Duterte, citing a violation of Article XI, Section 3(5) of the Constitution that prohibits initiating more than one impeachment proceeding against the same official within a year. The SC also said the Articles of Impeachment violated the right to due process.
However, the SC clarified it is not absolving Duterte from any of the charges against her, noting that a new impeachment complaint may be filed starting Feb. 6, 2026.
Published by YouTube channel The Journalist’s Opinion (created on Oct. 23, 2015), the video with the false claim has garnered 33,818 interactions as of writing.
