弹劾案骤然收窄：检方撤回四项指控中的三项，只打“不明财产”一条
10月13日（周二），菲律宾副总统莎拉·杜特尔特弹劾案迎来开庭以来最大的转折。据路透社10月13日报道，参议院弹劾法庭批准了检方撤回大部分指控的申请：首席检察官格维尔·卢伊斯特罗当天表示，检方撤回四项指控中的三项，只保留“不明财产”一项交由参议员法官裁决。被撤回的包括涉嫌滥用机密资金、受贿，以及被指威胁总统小马科斯、第一夫人与前众议院议长生命的指控。
卢伊斯特罗称，检方已提出的证据“充分且有说服力”，足以将莎拉免职；把案件收窄到单一指控，能大幅减少法庭需要裁决的争点，对参议院、被告与公众都有实际好处。《马尼拉公报》（Malaya）同日报道印证了撤回的范围，并指出这一手法在2012年首席大法官科罗纳弹劾案中也有先例。检方的底气来自此前的财务证词：法务会计专家卡布雷拉作证称，莎拉夫妇2022至2025年间有至少8.1787亿比索未申报财产；反洗钱官员、银行与保险业证人也已先后出庭。
辩方则表示不公平：其律师称，撤回指控使辩方无法就那些指控提出自己的案情陈述——按程序，检方举证刚刚结束，正轮到辩方答辩。莎拉的办公室未立即回应置评请求。
这场审判的结果将决定莎拉能否保住副总统职位、以及她2028年竞选总统的资格。如今，全部赌注压在一条“不明财产”指控上：参议院接下来将听取辩方答辩，然后就这一条作出裁决——菲律宾政坛十月的高潮，正在向终局移动。
Impeachment Case Narrows Abruptly: Prosecutors Drop Three of Four Charges, Betting Everything on Unexplained Wealth
The impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte took its biggest turn since it opened, on Tuesday, October 13. Reuters reported that the Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, approved the prosecution's withdrawal of most of the charges: lead prosecutor Gerville Luistro told the court prosecutors would withdraw three of the four charges and leave only the allegations of unexplained wealth for senator-judges to rule on. The withdrawn charges accused Duterte of misusing confidential funds, bribery, and alleged threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the first lady and a former House speaker.
Luistro said the evidence already presented was substantial and compelling enough to remove Duterte from office, and that focusing on a single charge would narrow the issues before the court, with practical benefits for the Senate, the respondent and the public. Malaya's same-day reporting confirmed the scope of the withdrawal and noted a precedent in the 2012 impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona. The prosecution's confidence rests on its financial evidence: forensic expert Alexander Cabrera testified the couple had at least 817.87 million pesos in undeclared wealth from 2022 to 2025, following testimony from anti-money-laundering officials and bank and insurance witnesses.
Duterte's lawyer argued the move was unfair, saying the defense would be unable to present its case on the withdrawn allegations — the prosecution rested just as the defense's turn was beginning. Duterte's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The trial's outcome will decide whether Duterte keeps the vice presidency and her eligibility to run for president in 2028. With everything now riding on a single unexplained-wealth charge, the Senate will next hear the defense before ruling — and the climax of the Philippines' October political drama is moving toward its endgame.
图片来源：图：菲律宾参议院议事厅。摄影：Philippine News Agency photo by Avito Dalan，Public domain，取自 Wikimedia Commons
