MANILA, Philippines — The second impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte has been withdrawn "in the interest of procedural expediency and to obviate any needless delay," lawmakers who have endorsed it said. "We respectfully manifest the withdrawal of our endorsement before the Committee considering that the complainants previously issued a statement on their withdrawal of said complaint on 01 March 2026," Akbayan Rep. Percival Cendaña and Mamamayang Liberal Rep. Leila de Lima said in a March 2 letter to Batangas 2nd District Rep. Gerville Luistro. Cendaña and de Lima, instead, expressed support for the third impeachment complaint, which was filed by, among others, priests and lawyers, and "the contents and import of which are very similar to the" second complaint.