Vice President Sara Duterte again did not appear before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to explain her remark that she hired someone to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. if she dies.
Duterte previously said the Office of the Vice President has Thanksgiving activities today.
She previously said that her lawyer explained that her presence was not needed as long as she files an affidavit.
“Ang pagkakaintindi ko sa explanation ng mga abogado ko sa investigation ng NBI ay pwede namang hindi pumunta. Pwede naman magsubmit nalang daw ng sulat or affidavit. Pangalawa meron kaming thanksgiving na mga activities sa December 11, at pangatlo after ng thanks giving activities namin ay pauwi din ako dito sa Davao City para maglibing ng uncle ko,” Duterte said earlier this week.
(As per my understanding of my lawyer’s explanation of the NBI’s investigation, I’m allowed not to attend and just submit an affidavit. Second, we have thanksgiving activities on December 11, and third after the thanksgiving activities, I’ll go back to Davao City for my uncle’s burial.)
The Vice President was initially set to attend the probe on November 29 but begged off as she found out late that the House committee hearing she was set to appear in had been postponed.
Duterte is being investigated for alleged grave threats in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and possible violation of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 following her alleged kill order against the President, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez.
—VAL, GMA Integrated News
