BBM Vlog on Feb. 1, 2026. Screen grabbed from Pres. Bongbong Marcos Jr’s video/Facebook.
The House committee on justice is set to decide whether impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. clear the bar of legal sufficiency, with Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro saying the process could lead to several possible outcomes.
Speaking after the panel’s latest hearing, Luistro said lawmakers have already agreed that the complaints complied with technical requirements, leaving the committee to determine whether the accusations themselves are substantial enough to move forward.
She said only a simple majority of members present, provided there is a quorum, is needed for the committee to advance a complaint to the next stage of impeachment proceedings.
Once a complaint is found sufficient in substance, Luistro said the panel would formally notify the President and require a response, opening the door to the exchange of pleadings and the submission of evidence by both sides.
Because two separate complaints are being reviewed, she noted that the committee could dismiss one while allowing the other to proceed, a scenario that would keep impeachment proceedings alive.
A finding that both complaints fall short, however, would amount to a dismissal at the committee level, although such a report would still have to be approved by the House plenary, which can overturn it with the vote of at least one-third of all lawmakers.
Luistro and other members of the panel cautioned against reading too much into comments made during hearings, saying scrutiny of the complaints should not be mistaken for a final position ahead of the committee’s vote.