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Jervis Manahan

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1776128624857photo-collage.png (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s legal counsel Paolo Panelo Jr. on Tuesday described Ramil Madriaga&#x27;s allegations on his handwritten letter as &quot;pure fiction.&quot; ABS-CBN News/File</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s legal counsel Paolo Panelo Jr. on Tuesday described Ramil Madriaga&#x27;s allegations on his handwritten letter as &quot;pure fiction.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/4/13/-bakit-may-mini-trial-duterte-supporters-seek-tro-vs-vp-sara-impeachment-hearing-1256">&#x27;Bakit may mini-trial?&#x27;: Duterte supporters seek TRO vs VP Sara impeachment hearing</a></div><p>On Monday, alleged bagman Madriaga exposed Duterte&#x27;s supposed assassination plan against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, as well as an ouster plot and a secret term sharing plan.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1776129158606photo-collage.png.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Ramil Madriaga&#x27;s handwritten letter. <em>via Agatha Gregorio, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>&quot;This is precisely what I meant when I said that the more Ramil Madriaga speaks, the better it becomes for Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense,&quot; Panelo wrote in a statement.</p><p>Panelo is Duterte&#x27;s legal counsel in the perjury charge she filed at the Office of the Prosecutor of Taguig in early March.</p><p>&quot;His allegations of a secret term-sharing agreement, planned ouster, and assassination plots against PBBM are pure fiction, and not even remotely believable,&quot; Panelo Jr wrote.</p><p>&quot;If the need arises, we will be happy to refute each delusional claim point by point with evidence — something that has eluded all his allegations, past and present,&quot; he said.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s camp earlier refuted Madriaga&#x27;s link to the Duterte family, saying they have witnesses that show Madriaga has never worked for the Vice President or any of the offices she handled in the past.</p><p>&quot;I have repeatedly said that making Madriaga testify would just confirm his lack of credibility and expose his lies. He has now succeeded in doing exactly that even before uttering a single word under oath in the House Justice Committee,&quot; Panelo said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Jtl7ZKHNXQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte's legal counsel Paolo Panelo Jr. on Tuesday described Ramil Madriaga's allegations on his handwritten letter as "pure fiction."</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte's legal counsel Paolo Panelo Jr. on Tuesday described Ramil Madriaga's allegations on his handwritten letter as "pure fiction."

Duterte camp calls Madriaga's 'assassination plot' vs Marcos 'pure fiction'

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Duterte camp calls Madriaga's 'assassination plot' vs Marcos 'pure fiction'

Jervis Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 14, 2026 09:05 AM PHT

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Updated April 14, 2026 09:13 AM PHT

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