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Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media, December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174606930818920211211-vpsd-presscon-MT-13.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media, December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte said she would attend the preliminary investigation into the sedition and grave threat complaints filed against her for a supposed kill plot against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. </p><p>“Nagkausap na kami ng aking abogado with regard to sa counter affidavit matapos matanggap namin. Mag-appear ako dahil kailangan ko mag-oath,” Duterte told reporters in Cagayan de Oro City on Wednesday night. </p><p>The complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation stemmed from an expletive-laden broadcast in which Duterte claimed to have instructed someone to kill Marcos were she to be killed first. </p><p>She has insisted that her remarks were taken out of context and that she was simply venting frustration with the administration.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/8/house-members-dispute-vp-sara-s-denial-of-threatening-marcos-family-1249">House members dispute VP Sara&#x27;s denial of threatening Marcos, family</a></div><p>Duterte confirmed Wednesday that she <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/30/sara-duterte-says-prosecutor-summoned-her-over-nbi-complaint-1100">received a summon order </a>from the Office of Prosecutor in connection with the alleged threat against Marcos.</p><div><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kbWU1hVSB68" title="VP Sara receives summons from Office of the Prosecutor | ANC" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The threat is also among the charges outlined in Duterte’s Senate impeachment trial, which is expected to start in July.</p><p>Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to stop the Senate from proceeding with a trial, citing the lack of time devoted to the impeachment’s evaluation in the House of Representatives, where it was introduced and passed the same day.</p><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>MORE STORIES: </strong><br/><strong></strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/30/sara-duterte-thanks-imee-marcos-for-senate-probe-on-dad-s-arrest-wants-charges-filed-vs-officials-1027">Sara Duterte thanks Imee Marcos for Senate probe on dad’s arrest, wants charges filed vs officials</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/16/marcos-approval-rating-plummets-sara-duterte-s-score-up-pulse-asia-0827">Marcos approval rating drops, Sara Duterte&#x27;s score up: Pulse Asia</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/30/palace-refuses-to-comment-on-sara-duterte-s-claim-on-icc-arrest-list-1546">Palace refuses to comment on Sara Duterte’s claim on ICC arrest list</a><strong> </strong></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div><div><iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xn4W4Kupf8U" title="Sara Duterte alludes to Digong’s arrest in message to PNPA graduates | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte said she would attend the preliminary investigation into the sedition and grave threat complaints filed against her for a supposed kill plot against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte said she would attend the preliminary investigation into the sedition and grave threat complaints filed against her for a supposed kill plot against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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Sara Duterte to attend preliminary probe on sedition, grave threat raps

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