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Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a speech announcing her resignation as the Secretary of Education and Vice Chairperson of the NTF ELCAC on June 19, 2024. File

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SARA DUTERTE RESIGNATION- DEPED

Annie Perez

Pia Gutierrez

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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/172118450633320240619-sara-duetert-resignation-deped--2.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a speech announcing her resignation as the Secretary of Education and Vice Chairperson of the NTF ELCAC on June 19, 2024. <em>File</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CARMEN, Cebu – Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday said her self-appointment as the “designated survivor” during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address was neither a joke nor a bomb threat. </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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“It is my first time to see a Vice President being checked for attendance in everything,” she said in Bisaya during the Brigada Eskwela National Kickoff. </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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“It is not a joke. It is not a bomb threat. Many missed the point. For me, if you don’t understand the first time, I don’t think you deserve an explanation,” she added. </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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Karon rako nakakita nga kanang Vice President nga ginapangita ang ilang attendance sa tanan nga mga butang. Dili to siya joke. Dili pod to siya bomb threat.) </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3062889"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><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/2024/7/11/sara-duterte-to-skip-marcos-sona-1305">Sara Duterte to skip Marcos SONA</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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In an earlier interview, Duterte said she would not attend the July 22 SONA as she had appointed herself as the “designated survivor”.    </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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Under a US tradition dating back to the Cold War, one member of the cabinet stays away from the Capitol during the president&#x27;s annual speech to a joint session of Congress and the nation.</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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/14/-designated-survivor-a-real-need-not-just-for-netflix-lacson-1142">&#x27;Designated survivor&#x27; a real need, not just for Netflix — Lacson</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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The idea is to have a so-called “designated survivor” still alive in the event that a disaster killed the top US leadership -- the president, vice president, members of the cabinet, leaders of Congress, and members of the Supreme Court, who are all gathered in the same place to hear the speech.</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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/11/vp-duterte-s-designated-survivor-quip-highlights-need-for-law-2227">VP Duterte&#x27;s &#x27;designated survivor&#x27; quip &#x27;highlights need for law&#x27;</a></span><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/12/-not-that-deep-senator-ex-solon-defend-vp-sara-s-designated-survivor-remark-1403">&#x27;Not that deep&#x27;: Senator, ex-solon defend VP Sara&#x27;s &#x27;designated survivor&#x27; remark</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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Duterte recently resigned from Marcos&#x27; Cabinet after tense relations between their families in recent months.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><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></span><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Marcos is</span> finalizing his SONA and did not have engagements on Wednesday, the Palace said. </p><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="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>– With a report from Agence France-Presse </strong></span></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday said her self-appointment as the “designated survivor” during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s SONA was neither a joke nor a bomb threat.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday said her self-appointment as the “designated survivor” during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s SONA was neither a joke nor a bomb threat.

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VP Sara Duterte says her ‘designated survivor’ comment ‘not a joke, not a bomb threat’

Annie Perez,

Pia Gutierrez,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 17, 2024 10:56 AM PHT

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Updated July 17, 2024 04:16 PM PHT

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