Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for impeachment and would welcome on her defence team her firebrand father, former President Rodrigo Duterte,

Will former President Rodrigo Duterte serve as his daughter’s lead defense should the impeachment trial against her begin? Vice President Sara Duterte said she is inclined to tell her father not to stand as her lead legal counsel in her impeachment case considering the former president’s age.

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.