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Sandro Marcos waits for Malacañang cue on signing another impeachment case vs Sara Duterte

Katrina Domingo

ABS-CBN News

<div><br/></div><p>MANILA — House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos on Monday said that he would have to “recuse himself” from signing another impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte “if the stance of Malacañang is hands off.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/28/romualdez-remains-house-speaker-for-20th-congress-1235">Romualdez remains House Speaker for 20th Congress</a></div><p>“We’ll have to see because my role now is Majority Leader. I have to perform a more balanced view. I’m now wearing a different hat so to speak so the answer to that question is I think we just have to wait and see,” he told reporters hours before his father’s fourth State of the Nation Address.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1949736313021931918&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-07-28T08%3A37%3A05.714894%3A337730d0-ac21-44b3-89e2-5988746078a6%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=356b767a79cb3469c65a63b38d97c2c2266d0995&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:506px;height:285px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1949736313021931918"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>“If the stance of Malacañang is hands off, then I will have to be hands off as well,&quot; he added.</p><p>Rep. Marcos, the eldest son of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was the first to sign the impeachment case the House lodged against Duterte in February, saying that this move was expected of him after the second-in-command threatened to exhume his grandfather’s remains in the Heroes’ Cemetery.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/7/sandro-marcos-says-vp-sara-s-tirades-led-to-him-signing-impeachment-complaint-1856">Sandro Marcos says VP Sara&#x27;s tirades led to him signing impeachment complaint</a></div><p>When asked if the shift in tenor was influenced by the administration’s failure to clinch several crucial posts in the 2025 midterm elections, Rep. Marcos said: “I wasn’t Majority Leader then. I’m the Majority Leader now.”</p><p>“If my position as Majority Leader will somehow get people to think that the President is involved, I will be forced to recuse myself,” he said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/22/sandro-marcos-mental-clarity-seems-to-be-eluding-sara-duterte-1048">Sandro Marcos: &#x27;Mental clarity seems to be eluding&#x27; Sara Duterte</a></div><p>“In this situation, given who I am and my position, if the President gets dragged or his name gets dragged then I will have no choice but to recuse myself,” he added.</p>

<p>"I have to perform a more balanced view... If the stance of Malacañang is hands off, then I will have to be hands off as well," House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos said.</p>

"I have to perform a more balanced view... If the stance of Malacañang is hands off, then I will have to be hands off as well," House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos said.

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Sandro Marcos to follow Palace cue on another impeach case vs Sara Duterte

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Jul 28, 2025 03:49 PM PHT

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Updated Jul 31, 2025 06:13 PM PHT

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