TIMELINE: Impeachment proceedings vs. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 

Two impeachment complaints against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. were filed in January 2026, the first since he took office in 2022.

After the complaints were officially received by the Office of the Secretary General of the House of Representatives and referred to the justice committee, the impeachment proceedings began.

Here's a timeline of the impeachment complaints against Marcos.

January 19 
Lawyer Andre De Jesus filed an impeachment complaint against the President, accusing him of betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution, among others, for ordering and enabling the kidnapping and surrender of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC), being a drug addict whose condition impairs his judgment and leadership, failing to veto unprogrammed appropriations and other unconstitutional provisions of the national budget for 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, among others. It was endorsed by Pusong Pinoy party-list Rep. Jett Nisay.

House of Representatives Secretary General Cheloy Garafil received De Jesus’ impeachment complaint on the same day. 

January 21 
Garafil forwarded the De Jesus complaint to the Office of Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III as provided by the House rules. 

January 22
Two groups, the Makabayan coalition and a group of former government officials under the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, attempted to file their respective impeachment complaints against Marcos. 

The Makabayan complaint, endorsed by party-list opposition lawmakers Antonio Tinio of ACT Teachers, Sarah Elago of Gabriela and Renee Co of Kabataan party-list, alleged that the President committed betrayal of public trust over the adoption of the Baselined-Balanced-Managed (BBM) Parametric Formula in allocating infrastructure projects that allegedly led to "ghost," substandard, and overpriced flood management projects, among others. 

The Duterte government officials, however, did not show a copy of their supposed complaint but argued that the President is the head of corruption amid the anomalous flood control project investigation and, as such, must be impeached.

Personnel in Garafil’s office, however, refused to receive the Makabayan complaint since they are not authorized to do so given that Garafil was overseas for an official business trip on that day. 

January 26 
The Makabayan coalition on Monday morning again tried to file an impeachment complaint against President Marcos, Jr. 

On Makabayan's second try, their complaint was personally received by Garafil.

Later in the day, Garafil transmitted the Makabayan complaint to Speaker Dy’s office. 

The House then resumed session at 3 p.m. Around two hours later, Rep. Tinio of ACT Teachers party-list and endorser of the Makabayan complaint announced that their complaint has already been calendared by Speaker Dy under the Order of Business for the same day, January 26. 

The referral of the verified impeachment complaints to the House Justice panel triggered a one-year ban on future impeachment complaints against the President. 

The other group of supposed filers of an impeachment complaint did not show up on January 26.

January 27 
Committee on justice chairperson and Batangas 2nd District Rep. Gerville Luistro said the two impeachment complaints will be consolidated for the first hearing next week.

January 28 
A notice of hearing was issued by the justice panel for the deliberation on the impeachment complaints on February 2. 

Under the House rules and the Constitution, the House Secretary General should immediately transmit the verified impeachment complaint to the Office of the House Speaker.

The House Speaker is then mandated to calendar the impeachment complaint in the Order of Business for plenary action within 10 session days upon receipt of the complaint.

The committee on justice will then consolidate these complaints for evaluation if they are sufficient in form and substance.

After the said hearing, and by a majority vote of all its members, the House justice panel will submit its report to the House within 60 session days from such referral, together with the corresponding resolution.

The resolution will then be calendared for consideration by the House plenary within 10 session days from receipt thereof.

A vote of at least one-third of all the members of the House shall be necessary either to affirm a favorable resolution with the Articles of Impeachment of the Committee, or override its contrary resolution.

The Constitution, however, provides that “no impeachment proceedings should be initiated against the same official more than once within a period of one year.” —LDF, GMA Integrated News