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Rodrigo Duterte may move in with ex-wife Elizabeth if Honeylet sells Davao house: VP Sara

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Katrina Domingo

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1752013264873duterte.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Rodrigo Duterte may move in with ex-wife Elizabeth if Honeylet sells Davao house: VP Sara"/></div>MANILA — Former President Rodrigo Duterte has the option to move back in with his ex-wife Elizabeth Zimmerman if his common-law partner Honeylet Avanceña <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/6/30/sold-for-sale-tarp-on-duterte-private-home-in-davao-city-taken-down-1753">sells their shared house</a> in Davao City, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday.Avanceña earlier said she wanted to sell their property in Matina, Davao City after the former President was arrested and taken to the Hague, but Duterte’s children have expressed concern over future living arrangements should their patriarch return to the Philippines.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/7/1/duterte-rejects-plan-to-sell-davao-home-0926">Duterte rejects plan to sell Davao home</a></div>“As a daughter, iniisip ko lang… kung ibebenta nila tapos uuwi siya sa Davao City? ‘Yun ang concerns namin,” the Vice President said.“I think na-acquire &#x27;yung property during the live-in nila Honeylet and PRD (President Rodrigo Duterte) so ang status nun is co-ownership,” the Vice President said.“Depende na rin &#x27;yun sa mapapag-usapan nilang dalawa, ni Honeylet and President Duterte, kung ano ang gagawin nila sa bahay,” she said.While the sale of the property has yet to be finalized, the former President’s ex-wife and mother of his three children already expressed willingness to allow the Davaoeño leader to move to her house.“Sabi ni Mama (Zimmerman), okay naman daw bumisita &#x27;yung mga girlfriends. Wala naman daw problema. Grabe no?” the Vice President said.Asked if there is a possibility that her parents will reconcile, the Vice President said: “Wala na sigurong ano (reconciliation). Parang friendship &#x27;yung kanila.&quot;Mr. Duterte married Zimmerman — a former flight attendant — in 1973, but separated in 1998 with the missus citing her husband-politician’s philandering ways.While their annulment was finalized in 2000, the former President and Zimmerman still maintained a cordial relationship, and appeared in public events and family gatherings together.In 2018, Mr. Duterte attended his ex-wife’s 70th birthday, where he said that if given another chance, he would marry Zimmerman again.

MANILA — Former President Rodrigo Duterte has the option to move back with his ex-wife Elizabeth Zimmerman if his common-law partner Honeylet Avanceña sells their shared house in Davao City, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday.

MANILA — Former President Rodrigo Duterte has the option to move back with his ex-wife Elizabeth Zimmerman if his common-law partner Honeylet Avanceña sells their shared house in Davao City, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday.