2025 Senate Race Kicks Off in Shadow of VP Sara’s Duterte Impeachment
2025 Senate Race Kicks Off in Shadow of VP Sara’s Impeachment The 2025 Senate race is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in Philippine history, unfolding against the dramatic backdrop of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment and the fracturing of the Marcos-Duterte political alliance. The election will serve as a crucial referendum on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s administration and a test of the Duterte family's enduring political influence. The year 2022 saw the rise of a seemingly unstoppable political force: the Marcos-Duterte tandem. Then-presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos Jr., in a campaign characterized more by evocative imagery than detailed policy proposals, promised a unified Philippines, free from the turmoil of previous administrations. His running mate, Sara Duterte, daughter of the outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, added considerable weight to their campaign. Their alliance represented a formidable merging of t...