Activists in the Philippines have lodged a new impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.
At least 74 left-wing complainants, including human rights and labour leaders, asked the country’s House of Representatives on Wednesday to unseat Duterte over the alleged misuse of government funds.
The request follows an impeachment motion filed earlier this week that focused on a recent public threat against the president. The incident has brought a power struggle between the pair’s powerful political clans to light.
Wednesday’s motion was over a “betrayal of public trust” concerning the misappropriation of 612.5 million pesos ($10.3m) in so-called “confidential funds”, and demanded that Duterte be permanently barred from office.
The complaint against the 46-year-old lawyer, daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, is the second in as many days.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo reports from Manila.
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