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/File 

Vice President Sara Duterte addresses the media at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City on November 26, 2024, regarding her remarks about President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez. Duterte clarified that her comments, made during a virtual press conference, were not intended as threats but as expressions of concern for her safety.  The National Bureau of Investigation has issued and served a subpoena asking the vice president to appear at the NBI office and explain her tirades on Friday. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747631636456EMBED 20241126-vpsd-presson-MT-7.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="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/File "/>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/File </div>MANILA -- Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s remarks that she wants a &quot;bloodbath&quot; in her impeachment trial is &quot;somewhat violent&quot; but may just be a figure for speech, a Palace official said on Monday.Over the weekend, the Vice President told reporters in Davao City that she told her impeachment lawyers that she &quot;truly wants a trial because [she] wants a bloodbath.&quot;&quot;Medyo may pagkabaloyente ang tugon ng ating bise presidente,&quot; Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said in a Palace press conference.&quot;We hope it is just a figure of speech and will not be taken literally,&quot; she said.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/17/sara-duterte-says-she-wants-bloodbath-in-her-impeachment-trial-2257">READ: Sara Duterte says she wants &#x27;bloodbath&#x27; in her impeachment trial</a></div>Malacañang will not interfere in the Vice President&#x27;s impeachment trial should it commence in the Senate later this year, Castro said.&quot;Kung &#x27;yan naman po ang nais niya at talaga namang magkakaroon ng balitaktakan kapag nagkaroon ng trial, hayaan na lang po natin itong gumulong,&quot; she said.&quot;Hindi po mangengealam ang pangulo patungkol sa ganiyang issue. Hindi tayo magbibigay ng anumang opinyon patungkol diyan,&quot; she said.On Sunday, former senator Leila de Lima -- who is expected to join the House of Representatives&#x27; prosecution team -- said Duterte should consider her impending impeachment trial a &quot;serious affair.&quot;&quot;In an impeachment trial, the only one who is on trial is the person impeached. So there can be no bloodbath. If any blood is spilled, it can only be that of the person impeached, not the prosecutors&#x27;, not the senators-judges&#x27;, not the administration&#x27;s, not the people&#x27;s,&quot; she said.&quot;VP Sara is always welcome to witness how her trial will be a serious affair where her rights are respected and the proceedings fair, devoid of the drama and chaos that she is asking her defense team to orchestrate,&quot; said De Lima. &quot;To stress, an impeachment trial is not a show of brute force but a sacrosanct constitutional process of accountability. No room for chaos, drama, and theatrics that Sara asked her defense team to orchestrate. Contempt ang naghihintay sa kanila if they even dare to.&quot;<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/18/fire-breaks-out-in-residential-area-in-tondo-manila-2159">READ: De Lima fires back at VP Sara: No drama needed in impeachment proceedings</a></div>Marcos Jr.&#x27;s allies in the House of Representatives — including his son Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos — voted to impeach Duterte for high crimes,&quot; including an alleged assassination plot against the Chief Executive.Duterte&#x27;s impeachment trial is tentatively scheduled to begin on July 30, a few days after the opening of the 20th Congress and Marcos Jr.&#x27;s 4th State of the Nation Address.

Vice President Sara Duterte's remarks that she wants a "bloodbath" in her impeachment trial is "somewhat violent" but may just be a figure for speech, a Palace official said on Monday.

Vice President Sara Duterte's remarks that she wants a "bloodbath" in her impeachment trial is "somewhat violent" but may just be a figure for speech, a Palace official said on Monday.

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'May pagkabayolente': Palace hopes Sara Duterte's 'bloodbath' comment 'just a figure of speech'

Katrina Domingo,

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Published May 19, 2025 01:15 PM PHT

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