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Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. Duterte addressed the impeachment case filed against her by Congress, and also assured the public that her office would cooperate with the legal process while continuing to prioritize government programs and services. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Adrian Ayalin

ABS-CBN News

<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/178643628282920250207-vp-duterte-presscon-impeachment-MT-17.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference with the media at the Office of the Vice President in Mandaluyong City on February 7, 2025. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (2nd UPDATE) -- The Department of Justice said a grave threats complaint was filed Tuesday against Vice President Sara Duterte before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.</p><p>&quot;We confirm that the complaint for Grave Threats against Vice President Sara Duterte was filed today, August 11, 2026, at around 1:30 p.m. with the Office of the Clerk of Court of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court,&quot; the DOJ said in a statement.</p><p>The complaint filed before the court stemmed from the inciting to sedition and grave threats complaints filed by the National Bureau of Investigation last year.</p><p>&quot;After preliminary investigation, ang nangyari po is nakita ng ating prosecutors is that there was prima facie evidence with reasonable certainty of conviction to indict the Vice President for the crime of grave threats, again by means of cyberspace,&quot; DOJ Spokesperson Atty. Polo Martinez said. </p><p>The NBI complaints were filed following the statements made by the Vice President via Zoom that she had arranged for President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez to be killed should she be assassinated. </p><p>The Vice President later said that her remarks were taken out of context.</p><p>The DOJ said the inciting to sedition complaint was dismissed.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/12/nbi-recommends-sedition-grave-threat-raps-vs-sara-duterte-over-marcos-threats-1047">READ: NBI files sedition, grave threat raps vs Sara Duterte over Marcos threats</a></div><p>&quot;It was dismissed for the sole reason that the panel of prosecutors did not find prima facie evidence with reasonable certainty of conviction,&quot; Martinez explained. &quot;Mataas po kasi ang quantum of proof diyan so for that particular crime under the law may elements ang crime, nakita po nila there&#x27;s not enough evidence for us to file this in court.&quot;</p><p>The DOJ said the bail recommended was P120,000 per count.</p><p>The vice president&#x27;s camp expressed confidence that the charges against her &quot;will ultimately be dismissed.&quot;</p><p>In a statement, Atty. Paul Lawrence Lim, Duterte&#x27;s counsel for the grave threats cases referred by the National Bureau of Investigation to the Department of Justice confirmed the filing of three counts grave threats against the vice president, while noting that the Justice department dismissed the NBI&#x27;s complaint for Inciting to Sedition. </p><p>&quot;Under prevailing circumstances, we have anticipated and prepared for such an outcome,&quot; he said. &quot;Under our laws, the Vice President continues to be presumed innocent and is confident that the charges against her will ultimately be dismissed.&quot;.</p><p>He further noted that the vice president, as a sitting impeachable officer, &quot;may not be prosecuted for an alleged offense that is also the subject of an impeachment case.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Given these serious legal issues, the Vice President will exercise all available legal remedies in due course,&quot; Lim stated.</p><p>However, the DOJ said the cases can be filed even if the Vice President is under trial before the Senate impeachment court for the same circumstances. </p><p>&quot;Alam po natin na ang impeachment proceedings are under the domain naman ng legislature right now, the Senate, and the senators being senator-judges,&quot; said Martinez. &quot;But procedurally speaking, the conduct of the criminal case by the RTC QC should not be affected by the on-going impeachment proceeding and that applies vice versa, to the ongoing impeachment trial.&quot;</p><div><strong>-- with a report from Harlene Delgado, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The Department of Justice said a grave threats complaint was filed Tuesday against Vice President Sara Duterte before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.</p>

The Department of Justice said a grave threats complaint was filed Tuesday against Vice President Sara Duterte before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.

Grave threats complaint filed vs. VP Sara Duterte before QC court—DOJ

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Grave threats complaint filed vs. VP Sara Duterte before QC court—DOJ

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published August 11, 2026 04:19 PM PHT

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Updated August 11, 2026 05:24 PM PHT

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