section_path: Campaign
section_name: Campaign
paragraph_text: Campaign
  
  Even prior to the campaign period starting, Imee Marcos and Camille Villar were identified to be the heaviest spenders in political advertisements on television, each reportedly spending 1 billion pesos each.
  
  Campaigning for nationally elected positions, including those for senators, start on February 11, 2025, and ends on May 11, 2025, election eve.
  
  On February 5, the final session day before Congress goes on recess for campaigning, the House of Representatives impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. The Senate then received the articles of impeachment later in the day, an hour or so before the Senate went on recess.
  
  The following were the personnel of each slate: