Duterte impeachment trial: Who is Rep. Lordan Suan?
MANILA, Philippines — For Cagayan de Oro First District Rep. Lordan Suan, being a fellow Mindanaoan was not a reason to stay out of the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. It was precisely why he joined the House prosecution team.
“We are not just talking about the people’s money, we are also talking about the [taxes] that Mindanaoans are paying,” he previously explained when he was announced as one of the House prosecutors who would present Duterte’s case before the Senate.
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Suan is a lawyer who served as a member of the Cagayan de Oro City Council from 2016 to 2022 before being elected to the House of Representatives in 2022.
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He won reelection in 2025 and is now serving his second term as the representative of the city’s first district.
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Prior to the trial in the Senate, Suan was also involved in the House proceedings on Duterte’s impeachment.
During the House Committee on Justice’s final hearing on April 29, he was among the lawmakers who sought an additional hearing to give Duterte due process before the panel proceeded to determine probable cause.
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However, committee members opposed the motion, and the committee then voted 53-0 to find probable cause to impeach Duterte.
In the 20th Congress, Suan chairs the House Committee on Public Information, which handles matters concerning mass communications and media, including print and broadcast media, television, film, advertising, cable television and the internet.
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As committee chair, Suan has pushed for legislation strengthening the public’s access to government information.
According to his LinkedIn profile, the congressman finished his law degree at Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan. /mcm
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