An impeachment complaint has been filed against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who is facing a legal storm over a death threat she made against the president and her alleged role in extra-judicial killings of drug suspects,

Duterte is accused of violating The Philippine's Constitution, betrayal of public trust, making death threats and other "high crimes."

Impeachment complaint is filed against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte after she threatened president with death

A major political storm set off by a bitter feud between the Philippine president and the vice president is testing an Asian democracy that has long been troubled by rowdy politics, poor law enforcement and bareface impunity.

Several organizations have filed the first impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Dec. 2. Akbayan party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña endorsed the complaint filed by civil society organizations,