Push Admin

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte answer questions at the V. Mapa Highschool in Manila on Aug. 4, 2023. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

Article (news)

BRIGADA ESKWELA

ABS-CBN News

<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/172067450606320230814-marcos-duterte-brigada-eskwela-JC0792.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte answer questions at the V. Mapa Highschool in Manila on Aug. 4, 2023. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File  "/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte answer questions at the V. Mapa Highschool in Manila on Aug. 4, 2023. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File </em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><div><br id="isPasted"/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA – Vice President Sara Duterte said Thursday she would skip President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA). </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I will not attend sa SONA. I am appointing myself as the designated survivor,” Duterte told reporters. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><p>House Secretary General Reginald Velasco said he would seek official confirmation from Duterte&#x27;s office regarding her remark. </p><p>“If you notice nakatawa siya so as I’ve said we have to receive official confirmation na talagang hindi siya darating so we’re contacting her office kung ano talaga kasi we cannot rely on social media na posting,” Velasco said.</p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/9/former-vps-robredo-binay-to-skip-marcos-3rd-sona-1843">Former VPs Robredo, Binay to skip Marcos&#x27; 3rd SONA</a></span><br/><br id="isPasted"/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that while public officials have the prerogative to decide on their attendance at significant events, the SONA “is a crucial moment for unity and collaboration among our nation’s leaders.” </span><br/><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“It is a time to reflect on our progress, address challenges, and outline our vision for the future. Our constituents deserve to see their leaders united and focused on the collective good,” he said in a statement. </span><br/><br/></div><p dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span>Meanwhile, f<em id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(95, 99, 104);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></em>ormer Bayan Muna<span style="color:rgb(77, 81, 86);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> party-list representative </span>Neri Colmenares sees Duterte&#x27;s potential absence from the SONA as a “major statement” of her break with the Marcos administration.</p><p>“That symbolizes a major departure na talaga sa kanilang supposed Uniteam<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">,” Colmenares said.</span>  </p><p>&quot;Ang isang mensahe doon, para sa akin ha, hindi siya naniniwala sa irereport ng presidente sa SONA at may disagreement siya doon sa mga ike-claim na achievement ng Marcos administration, and secondly, complete break na yun sa anumang alyansang nagkaroon sila,&quot; he added. </p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Duterte resigned from the Marcos Cabinet recently, with tense relations between their families turning into a public rift in recent months.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She gave no clear reason for her move but she leaves her post as education minister ahead of mid-term and local elections scheduled for next year.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Duterte also resigned as the vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/10/why-vp-duterte-missed-palarong-pambansa-event-graced-by-marcos-1517">Why VP Duterte missed Palarong Pambansa event led by Marcos</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Relations between the Marcos and Duterte families have plummeted in the past two years.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fronting a rally of supporters in his home city Davao on January 28, former President Rodrigo Duterte accused Marcos of being a &quot;drug addict&quot;, while his youngest son Sebastian Duterte said Marcos should resign.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marcos hit back the next day, claiming that his predecessor&#x27;s long-term use of the powerful opioid fentanyl had taken a toll on his health.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/29/24/marcos-on-duterte-tirades-i-think-its-the-fentanyl">Marcos on Duterte tirades: &#x27;I think it&#x27;s the fentanyl&#x27;</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Neither man provided evidence of the other&#x27;s alleged drug use.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The former president has also urged the military and police to unseat Marcos if he pursued his proposal to amend the constitution, and threatened to get his southern home region of Mindanao to secede.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marcos and Sara Duterte had teamed up to a landslide victory in the May 2022 presidential and vice-presidential election.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As vice president, the 46-year-old would take over as president in case Marcos, 66, dies or becomes unable to perform his duties at any time during their six-year terms.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>– With reports from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse </strong></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte said Thursday she would skip President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third SONA. </p>

Vice President Sara Duterte said Thursday she would skip President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third SONA.

VP Sara Duterte to skip Marcos SONA

News

Entertainment

Lifestyle

Sports

Metro.Style

More

Traffic

Manila

Horoscope

News

VP Sara Duterte to skip Marcos SONA

ABS-CBN News

Published Jul 11, 2024 01:14 PM PHT

|

Updated Jul 11, 2024 04:07 PM PHT

Read More:

ANC promo

Marcos

Duterte

Sara Duterte

Bongbong Marcos

SONA

ABS-CBN is the leading media and entertainment company in the Philippines, offering quality content across TV, radio, digital, and film. Committed to public service and promoting Filipino values, ABS-CBN continues to inspire and connect audiences worldwide.

Corporate

Investors

Governance

International Distribution

Corporate

Governance

Investors

International Distribution

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

AI Policy

Terms of Service

Advertise with Us

© 2025 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

AI Policy

Advertise with Us

© 2025 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

NPC Seal of Registration

Privacy Policy

Terms of Service

AI Policy

Advertise with Us

© 2025 ABS-CBN Corporation. All Rights Reserved.