Cheyenne Suarez

The Palace on Friday emphasized that the Senate’s vote to archive the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte was not against the administration, which is not a party in the proceedings.

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Palace: Senate vote on VP Sara impeachment not ‘against’ Marcos Jr. admin

Harlene Delgado

ABS-CBN News

ABOARD PR001 — The Palace on Friday emphasized that the Senate’s vote to archive the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte was not against the administration, which is not a party in the proceedings.Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro maintained that the Executive Department will never intervene in the impeachment process. “Hindi ang ehekutibo ang nagsampa o nag-submit ng Articles of Impeachment kundi ang House of Representatives,” Castro said in an interview aboard the presidential plane while enroute to Manila after the five-day state visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in India Friday, August 8.(It is not the Executive that filed or submitted the Articles of Impeachment but the House of Representatives)<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/8/makabayan-others-formally-ask-sc-to-reconsider-vp-sara-impeachment-ruling-1504">Makabayan, others formally ask SC to reconsider VP Sara impeachment ruling </a></div>Castro said the Senate vote was not detrimental to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. but to House prosecutors and those seeking truth behind the allegations of anomalous fund use.“So kung meron mang dito na sinasabi ang desisyon ay laban, laban kanino? Most probably hindi sa administrasyon ni Pangulong Marcos Jr.,” she said.(So, if there is anyone that the Senate&#x27;s decision is &#x27;against&#x27;, most probably that is not the administration)Castro further emphasized that Marcos Jr. will respect the decision of the Supreme Court on the motion for reconsideration by the House of Representatives.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/4/house-appeals-supreme-court-ruling-on-sara-duterte-impeachment-1610">House appeals Supreme Court ruling on Sara Duterte impeachment </a></div>“Noon pa natin sinagot ito. Kung anuman ang magiging desisyon ng Supreme Court yan ay igagalang ng Pangulo, ng Ehekutibo. Bakit? Because the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of any legal issues.”(We have answered this already. The President, the Executive Branch will respect the decision of the Supreme Court.)

The Palace on Friday emphasized that the Senate’s vote to archive the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte was not against the administration, which is not a party in the proceedings.