Vice President Sara Duterte was riding high not so long ago, sailing to a landslide 2022 election victory with her then-ally and fellow political scion Ferdinand Marcos. Less than three years later, the alliance between their powerful families lies in ruins and she is facing a battle for her political life in a Senate impeachment trial,

The country’s Senate has entered a four-month recess and its president insists members cannot be called back for a trial.