Philippine Vice President Is Ordered Arrested for Threats Against the President
The court set bail at 120,000 pesos for each of three counts in a case tied to remarks about killing President Marcos and his relatives.
- 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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María Carcaboso Abrié Bangkok, 4 Sep (EFE).- The political future of the Philippine vice president, Sara Duterte, remains since this Friday more committed, after a court in the country has ordered her arrest for a case of threats to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, and to people in his immediate surroundings, while a trial [...] The Entrance A court in the Philippines orders to arrest Sara Duterte for threats to Marcos Jr was first published in Ho…
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