MANILA: She may not have gotten the “bloodbath” she wanted from her impeachment trial, but Vice President Sara Duterte (pic) is now focusing on potential future impeachment moves.
Speaking to reporters at an interview in Davao City on Wednesday (Aug 6) afternoon, Duterte made her first remarks since the Senate voted to “archive” the impeachment complaint against her.
“Like I said, I wanted a bloodbath,” she told reporters in Cebuano, a transcript and translation of which were provided by the Office of the Vice President to Manila-based reporters.
“It means that I wanted the prosecution and the defence to show their pieces of evidence so we can see everything. But unfortunately, that won’t happen for now.”
“And, of course, like I also said before, we have to prepare for what could possibly happen in the future. Maybe in 2026, 2027, or 2028, someone would again file an impeachment complaint, and that would be another opportunity for us to respond,” she said.
Before the Senate deliberated on the Supreme Court ruling that declared the fourth impeachment complaint against her as unconstitutional, the vice president’s whereabouts were unknown, even to her own office.
One of the petitioners before the Supreme Court, Davao City councillor and lawyer Luna Acosta, posted photos on social media showing Duterte joining the petitioners against her impeachment in a thanksgiving celebration at an undisclosed venue.
Also present was lawyer Israelito Torreon, one of the lead petitioners opposing Duterte’s impeachment. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
