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Palace on VP Sara's looming impeachment trial: 'Hindi makikialam ang Pangulo'

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the Oath-Taking Ceremony of the Newly Promoted Generals and Flag Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at the Ceremonial Hall inside Malacañan Palace on December 4, 2024. Santi San Juan, PPA pool

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Kevin Alabaso

ABS-CBN News

MANILA — Undersecretary Claire Castro said Wednesday evening that the looming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is at the hands of the Senate and that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will not meddle in the issue.&quot;&#x27;Yang usapin na &#x27;yan ay nasa Senado na at hindi makikialam ang Pangulo kung ano ang magaganap dyan. Pero syempre ang hiling natin lahat ay gampanan ng mga senador ang kanilang mga obligasyon, hindi lang para sa isang tao kundi obligasyon sa bayan at sa kababayan natin,&quot; Castro said in an interview with TeleRadyo Serbisyo&#x27;s Johnson Ikwento Mo.The Palace press officer also said that regardless of who won as a senator or congressman in the recent 2025 elections, the president maintains that he will not have a hand in the process of the trial.&quot;Tingnan na lang natin. Kung sino siguro ang dapat managot, dapat managot. Kung sino &#x27;yung dapat ma-acquit ay dapat ma-acquit. Basta ang pangulo ay para sa batas. Kung ano &#x27;yung naaayon sa batas, &#x27;yun ang dapat sundin,&quot; she said.

The Palace press officer also said that regardless of who won as a senator or congressman in the recent 2025 elections, the president maintains that he will not have a hand in the process of the trial.

The Palace press officer also said that regardless of who won as a senator or congressman in the recent 2025 elections, the president maintains that he will not have a hand in the process of the trial.