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Vice President Sara Duterte addresses the media at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City on November 26, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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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/173267785160120241126-vpsd-presson-MT-5.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte addresses the media at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City on November 26, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday said they have launched an investigation into the possible criminal liability of Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for a standoff involving her top aide and some law enforcers. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/23/ovp-chief-of-staff-set-to-return-to-veterans-memorial-medical-center-1419">OVP chief of staff set to return to Veterans Memorial Medical Center</a></div><p>The issue stemmed from an incident last weekend when Duterte and her security personnel allegedly arranged a &quot;forced transfer&quot; of her chief-of-staff Zuleika Lopez from the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) to St. Luke&#x27;s Medical Center &quot;using a private ambulance that they hired.&quot;</p><p>The PNP probe would determine if Duterte and her staff could be held liable for &quot;Resistance and Disobedience to a Person in Authority, along with other criminal and administrative offenses.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/26/-i-have-to-die-first-sara-duterte-explains-condition-of-revenge-plot-vs-marcoses-1522">&#x27;I have to die first&#x27;: Sara Duterte explains condition of &#x27;revenge&#x27; plot vs Marcoses</a></div><p>&quot;In a video that surfaced, VPSPG (Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group) head, Colonel Raymund Dante Lachica, was seen physically pushing and assaulting the PNP doctor-in-charge, which could lead to a direct assault complaint,&quot; PNP Chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said.</p><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABQ8y3kVTrJM_lL4&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/25/-wala-kaming-kakampi-dito-vp-duterte-feuds-with-lawmakers-who-jailed-her-top-aide-1422">&#x27;Wala kaming kakampi dito&#x27;: VP Duterte feuds with lawmakers who detained her top aide</a></div><p>Lopez is currently under the custody of the House of Representatives after being cited in contempt during a hearing on the OVP&#x27;s alleged misuse of confidential funds. Duterte has decried the House probe as political harassment.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/24/vp-sara-duterte-s-aide-zuleika-lopez-doing-okay-dela-rosa-0650">VP Sara Duterte’s aide Zuleika Lopez doing ‘okay’: Dela Rosa</a></div><p>&quot;The rule of law is fundamental to our democratic system. No one, regardless of their position, should be above accountability,&quot; Marbil said, adding that they would be impartial in their investigation.</p><p>Duterte is also under investigation over her controversial press conference where she revealed a plan to have President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr assasinated should she get killed.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><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/Htq0FJM4m4E?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The PNP probe would determine if Vice President Sara Duterte and her staff could be held liable for "Resistance and Disobedience to a Person in Authority, along with other criminal and administrative offenses."</p>

The PNP probe would determine if Vice President Sara Duterte and her staff could be held liable for "Resistance and Disobedience to a Person in Authority, along with other criminal and administrative offenses."

PNP eyes raps vs Sara Duterte, OVP personnel over hospital 'standoff'

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PNP eyes raps vs Sara Duterte, OVP personnel over hospital 'standoff'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published November 27, 2024 12:12 PM PHT

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Updated November 27, 2024 12:47 PM PHT

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