Philippine Vice President Is Ordered Arrested for Threats Against the President
The court set bail at P120,000 per count after finding probable cause on three grave-threats charges tied to a 2024 online press conference.
- On Friday, September 4, 2026, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 98 issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Sara Duterte on three counts of Grave Threats after Judge Maria Angelica De Ramos denied her motion to defer it.
- Duterte allegedly claimed in November 2024 during an online press conference that she instructed an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez if she herself were killed.
- Bail was set at 120,000 pesos for each count, while the Department of Justice reaffirmed its commitment to the rule of law. Duterte's lawyer, Paul Lawrence Lim, said she has "no intention of evading the law."
- Amid an ongoing Senate impeachment trial, Duterte faces these criminal charges alongside previous accusations of misusing public funds during her tenure as education minister.
- Court records confirm probable cause exists to proceed to trial, while the Palace deferred to the judiciary on the warrant. Duterte's legal team will exhaust all available remedies.
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