Campaigning for the Philippines' midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday against a fractured political backdrop, heightened by a high-profile row among warring elites that culminated in last week's impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.

Last week’s impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte has added an extra weight of political significance to the 12 Senate seats up for election.

MANILA: In crowded streets across the Philippines, catchy campaign jingles have started to blare from speakers placed on top of jeepneys passing through neighbourhoods filled with posters of smiling candidates.

The trial of impeached Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte cannot be rushed and will only begin in June, the Senate’s president said, while analysts described it as a political numbers game likely to be shaped by upcoming midterm polls.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial will start when a new Congress convenes in July, Senate President Francis Escudero said, ruling out the chances of a special session while lawmakers are on election break.

Campaigning began Tuesday in the Philippines for mid-term elections that could set the table for the next presidential race and determine the political future of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte.

Midterms seen as referendum on Marcos, preview for 2028 race Senate trial could kill off Duterte’s political ambitions Impeachment follows bitter rift between Duterte and president Senators to decide Duterte’s fate in impeachment trial MANILA — Campaigning for the Philippines‘ midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday against a fractured political backdrop,

The development will escalate the quarrel between two of the country's most powerful families. View on euronews