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Pimentel hopes VP Duterte has family, friends she can vent frustrations to

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RG Cruz

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1729495042969172725601993920240925-sara-duterte-presscon-JC-9932.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio gestures during a press briefing at the Cybergate building in Mandaluyong City on September 25, 2024. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span>MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino &quot;Koko&quot; Pimentel III said he is worried for Vice President Sara Duterte, adding he hopes she has someone in her family or among her close friends whom she can vent her frustrations to instead of doing it in public as she did last Friday in a press conference where she criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said she had &quot;daydreamed&quot; about beheading him, and shared that she had threatened to exhume the remains of the President&#x27;s late father and namesake. </div><p>Duterte&#x27;s comments have been criticized for being unbecoming of a high-ranking government official but have also been praised by her supporters as a sign of her courage and defiance.</p><p>&quot;Sana may mga close friends and family siya na nakikinig and ma-advisean siya. Na meron siyang mga sessions na nailalabas niya yung mga damdamin na ganoon,&quot; Pimentel, Senate president during the presidency of Vice President Duterte&#x27;s father, said. </p><p>(I hope she has close friends and family who will listen to her and give her advice. That she has sessions to vent her feelings)</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/21/doj-studying-legal-consequences-of-dutertes-statement-on-marcos-srs-remains-1230">RELATED: DOJ studying legal consequences of Duterte&#x27;s statement on Marcos Sr.&#x27;s remains</a></div><p>Duterte said last Friday that her daydream about beheading Marcos Jr. made her realize that she was already in a &quot;toxic relationship&quot; with her 2022 running mate.</p><p>She also said that she had warned the President&#x27;s sister, Sen. Imee Marcos, that she would exhume the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.&#x27;s remains from the Libingan ng mga Bayani and throw them in the West Philippine Sea if so-called political attacks against her and her family don&#x27;t stop.</p><p>&quot;Hindi siya usual eh. &#x27;Yung mga nasabi niya (What she said is not something that is usually said),&quot; Pimentel said, adding he had initially thought the press conference was a deepfake video because he could not believe Duterte had had those thoughts and had verbalized them.</p><p>&quot;Kaya kailangan niya may kausap siya na mas madunong pa sa akin — kasi abugado naman ako, baka ibang field ang kailangan kausap,&quot; he also said.</p><p>(That&#x27;s why she should have someone to talk to who knows more than I do. Because I am a lawyer and she may need to talk to experts in another field)</p><p>House leaders on Sunday had raised similar concerns, saying Duterte might need &quot;psychological assessment&quot; because her comments might be an indication of a deeper problem.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/20/political-discourse-feared-to-hit-gutter-as-marcos-duterte-rivalry-escalates-2021">READ: Political discourse feared to hit gutter as Marcos-Duterte rivalry escalates</a></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABO0X3B14U_xwij0&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><div><strong>&#x27;RECONCILIATION WOULD BE BEST&#x27;</strong></div><p>Earlier Monday, Sen. Cynthia Villar, a member of the Nacionalista Party that is part of the administration&#x27;s Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas, said she could not blame Vice President Duterte for her comments.</p><p>&quot;Siyempre galit eh. Kung ano-ano naiisip kasi galit. Kas,  I think masyado namang pinrosecute kaya nagagalit. Siguro &#x27;yun ang reason doon,&quot; she said.</p><p>(Of course, she is angry. She probably had so many thoughts because she was angry. Because, I think, she is being prosecuted too much, that is why she was angry. That is probably the reason)</p><p>A House panel has been looking into how the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education that Duterte used to lead used confidential funds in previous years, an issue that she says is being used to discredit her.</p><p>&quot;Sana mag-ano na lang, magbati na lang para walang problema,&quot; Villar told reporters.</p><p>(I hope they can reconcile so we won&#x27;t have a problem)</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/21/villar-on-vp-sara-s-anti-marcos-tirades-siyempre-galit-eh-1221">Cynthia Villar on VP Sara&#x27;s anti-Marcos tirades: &#x27;Siyempre galit eh&#x27;</a></div><p>Pimentel also hopes the warring Marcos and Duterte factions can still reconcile, though even he believes it is unlikely.</p><p>&quot;Sana meron mag-attempt, pero di ko na ibe-blame yung mediator kung &#x27;di siya mag-succeed... medyo masyado nang malayo, masyado nang magkahiwalay,&quot; he said.</p><p>(I hope someone attempts to reconcile them, but I would not blame that mediator for not succeeding... the rift has become too wide)</p><p>Pimentel however sees a positive in Duterte&#x27;s remarks: what he called the emergence of a force as a check and balance on the administration.</p><p>&quot;[T]hat&#x27;s a welcome development sa isang demokrasya (in a democracy), that there is someone — some party, some group — checking the administration.&quot; Pimentel said.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lN0tWjz8ekI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Duterte said last Friday that her daydream about beheading Marcos Jr. made her realize that she was already in a "toxic relationship" with her 2022 running mate.</p>

Duterte said last Friday that her daydream about beheading Marcos Jr. made her realize that she was already in a "toxic relationship" with her 2022 running mate.