The impeachment complaint focused on Duterte’s statements at a Nov 23 online news conference that she would have the president, his wife and cousin House Speaker Martin Romualdez assassinated if she herself was killed in their escalating political feud. She has denied that she meant to threaten to kill them.
She was also accused of misusing intelligence funds as vice president and as education secretary before she has resigned from that position as her alliance with the president crumbled last year. She has not publicly provided a detailed response to accusations of graft and corruption.
Duterte, the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, ran as Marcos’ vice presidential running mate in 2022, but their alliance quickly frayed.
While campaigning for senatorial candidates in May 12 midterm elections, Marcos has been publicly denouncing the bloody anti-drugs crackdown and failure of his predecessor to denounce China’s hostile actions against Philippine forces in the disputed South China Sea without naming the Dutertes.
Last week, Rodrigo Duterte said during a campaign rally that 15 senators should be killed to free up more vacancies for his allies in the midterms. Police filed criminal complaints Monday against the former president over those statements.
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