Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024, after skipping on the same day a National Bureau of Investigation probe on her remarks of having  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assassinated should she be killed. Duterte stood firm that she would not present herself before the NBI saying that its inquiry was “unfair.” Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Harlene Delgado

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174747046995220241211-vpsd-presscon-MT-23.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News"/>Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the Office of The Vice President in Mandaluyong City on December 11, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</div>MANILA -- Vice President Sara Duterte revealed that she had asked her brother, Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, to contend for the House speakership. Duterte said she has no candidates for the House speakership and Senate presidency under the incoming 20th Congress and that no one has approached her for her blessing. However, she disclosed that she asked the older Duterte if he wants to vie for the lower chamber’s top post.<div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/17/lawyers-studying-how-duterte-can-take-oath-of-office-from-the-hague-vp-sara-0834">Lawyers studying how Duterte can take oath of office from The Hague — VP Sara</a></div>“Sinabihan ko si ano, Cong. Pulong. Sabi ko sa kanya baka gusto mo lumaban ng speaker. Hindi man siya sumagot. Hindi siya sumagot. Iniisip din niya siguro ‘yung chances niya na ano, na manalo,” Duterte said in an ambush interview after attending a thanksgiving mass in Davao City on Saturday, May 17. Should her brother lose the House speakership battle, the vice president said she told the older Duterte to get the minority bloc leadership. “Well, sinabi ko sa kanya kung hindi ka manalo ng ano, ng speaker, then kunin mo yung minority, ‘di ba?” she stated. “But wala pa siyang sagot. So, I guess he’s still thinking about it siguro? Hindi ko alam. Ang sinabi lang niya sa akin kanina, ‘wag kang makipag-away kasi kakagaling mo lang sa simbahan, sa misa’,” the second-in-command noted. Deputy House Speaker David “Jay-Jay” Suarez also on Saturday declared that incumbent House Speaker Martin Romualdez still enjoys the so-called ‘supermajority’.<div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/17/vp-duterte-to-pma-grads-may-you-never-be-agents-of-greed-betrayal-oppression-1125">VP Duterte to PMA grads: May you never be agents of greed, betrayal, oppression</a></div>“As of Saturday afternoon, no less than 240 members have already signed the manifesto of support—and that number keeps climbing,” Suarez said in a press release. “This is not just about party politics. It’s about unity, output, and trust in the Speaker’s steady hand and principled leadership,” he added.

Vice President Sara Duterte revealed that she had asked her brother, Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte to contend for the House speakership.

Vice President Sara Duterte revealed that she had asked her brother, Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte to contend for the House speakership.

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VP Sara Duterte says she asked brother Rep. Pulong to vie for House speakership, minority leader if defeated

Harlene Delgado,

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Published May 17, 2025 04:31 PM PHT

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