oised to join the House of Representatives as first nominee of the new Mamamayang Liberal party-list, former senator Leila de Lima has accepted the invitation of Speaker Martin Romualdez to serve as one of the prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

In his imminent return to the Senate for a second term, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa credited his strong showing in the midterm polls to “protest” votes fueled by public anger over the arrest and detention of former president Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague.

With two House prosecutors losing their reelection bids, some incumbent lawmakers are inviting former Sen. Leila de Lima and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno to take their place.

A lawyer for drug war victims shrugged off remarks that former President Rodrigo Duterte's landslide win in Davao City amounts to a public vindication as "elections do not erase nor forgive crimes against humanity."

Detained former President Rodrigo Duterte’s assumption of the mayoral office will depend on the Commission on Elections, a legal expert said.