Sara Duterte says Marcos admin behind assault complaint vs ‘Pulong’
Davao City 1st District Paolo Duterte (File photo)
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte said the complaint filed against her brother, Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, was merely a political attack by the Marcos administration.
“Wala namang ibang ginawa ang administrasyon na ito kundi pamumulitika lang at paninira sa mga kalaban nila sa pulitika,” she said in an ambush interview in Zamboanga City on Saturday.
(This administration has done nothing but play politics and smear their political opponents.)
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The Vice President claimed that when the issue of “blank items” in the 2025 General Appropriations Act surfaced, an impeachment case was filed against her—hinting it was meant to divert attention from controversies hounding the government.
She further alleged that when the sale of P20-per-kilo rice was suspended just a day after its launch, the issue involving Rep. Duterte began circulating online.
“So nakikita ninyo na basta mayroong nangyari nang dahil sa administrasyon, ang ginagawa nila ay sinisira nila ang kanilang kalaban sa politika para matabunan yung totoong issue ng bayan,” said Duterte.
(So you can see that whenever the administration faces issues, what they do is attack their political opponents to cover up the real issues of the nation.)
In a video making rounds on social media, a man said to be Rep. Duterte can be seen trying to strike another man with an object held in his right hand.
Rep. Duterte’s camp remains silent over the complaint for grave threats and physical injuries filed against him.
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Vice President Duterte ran under the UniTeam banner in the 2022 national elections, but their political alliance has since been soured with Duterte’s resignation from her post as education secretary last year.
Speculations about their fallout were further fueled when the vice president said she had instructed someone to kill the president, his wife, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez if she would be assassinated.
