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Manila Court Orders Arrest Warrant for Vice President Sara Duterte

A Quezon City Regional Trial Court issued an arrest warrant against Vice President Sara Duterte for a grave threats case.

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A Quezon City Regional Trial Court in the Philippines issued a warrant of arrest against Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, September 4. [1] A Philippine court ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday over charges that she publicly threatened to have the president and two other people assassinated. [2] Paul Lawrence Lim stated that Vice President Duterte has no intention of evading the law despite the jurisdiction questions. [3] Paul Lawrence Lim, the lawyer for Vice President Sara Duterte, confirmed the issuance of the arrest warrant on September 4. [4] Duterte was already impeached by the House of Representatives in May on the same charges as well as alleged financial anomalies. [5] If convicted of the charges, Duterte may be permanently disqualified from holding public office and will prohibit her from seeking the presidency in 2028. [6] The charges stem from a threat made by Duterte in a 2024 online news conference to have Marcos, his wife and then-House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez killed by an assassin if she herself was killed. [7]
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  1. A Quezon City Regional Trial Court in the Philippines issued a warrant of arrest against Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, September 4. · RAPPLER
  2. A Philippine court ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday over charges that she publicly threatened to have the president and two other people assassinated. · Winnipeg Free Press
  3. Paul Lawrence Lim stated that Vice President Duterte has no intention of evading the law despite the jurisdiction questions. · RAPPLER
  4. Paul Lawrence Lim, the lawyer for Vice President Sara Duterte, confirmed the issuance of the arrest warrant on September 4. · RAPPLER
  5. Duterte was already impeached by the House of Representatives in May on the same charges as well as alleged financial anomalies. · Winnipeg Free Press
  6. If convicted of the charges, Duterte may be permanently disqualified from holding public office and will prohibit her from seeking the presidency in 2028. · Winnipeg Free Press
  7. The charges stem from a threat made by Duterte in a 2024 online news conference to have Marcos, his wife and then-House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez killed by an assassin if she herself was killed. · Winnipeg Free Press
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