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

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. 

“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. 

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. 

She has insisted that her remarks were taken out of context and that she was simply venting frustration with the administration.

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Duterte confirmed Wednesday that she received a summon order from the Office of Prosecutor in connection with the alleged threat against Marcos.

The threat is also among the charges outlined in Duterte’s Senate impeachment trial, which is expected to start in July.

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.

— With a report from Agence France-Presse

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