MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for impeachment and would welcome on her defence team her firebrand father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, if interested to join.

The Philippines' lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate.

Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday kept her response to her impeachment at the House of Representatives simple, leaving it to a higher being to “save the Philippines.” “Sa kabila ng aking mga pahayag,