VP Sara Duterte To Skip NBI Probe Anew
SARA DUTERTE’S OFFICE – The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has organized a lunch party with the media on the same day of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) probe.
Since she resigned from being the secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd) in June, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte has been throwing tirades against Pres. Bongbong Marcos. However, her recent remarks were not able to skip the attention of the National Bureau of Investigation.
The NBI issued a subpoena against Vice Pres. Duterte after she released “threats” against the lives of Pres. Marcos, the First Lady, and the House Speaker. As for the Vice President, she claimed that there was allegedly no active threat in her statement.
Duterte said that her “final wish” is the death of the President, the First Lady, and the Speaker in case an alleged plot against her succeeds. The NBI has initially summoned the Vice President to appear before them on November 29 and explain her statement.
However, prior to November 29, Duterte already said she could not attend the NBI investigation as she will prioritize her presence at the House panel hearing where some of the OVP staff will appear. Upon knowing about it, the lower chamber’s panel handling the investigation of the VP Sara Duterte’s office spending of its Confidential Funds decided to cancel the inquiry.
However, despite the cancellation of the House inquiry, the Vice President was still unable to attend the NBI investigation. The investigation bureau agreed to reschedule the probe on December 11.
According to NBI director Jaime Santiago, it was already late when Vice Pres. Sara Duterte knew about the cancellation of the House panel hearing so she was not able to appear before the bureau. The Vice President’s camp has also relayed her request for a copy of the questions that the NBI intend to ask to her.
However, the NBI refused to give Duterte a copy of the questions they want to ask. Today is supposedly the schedule for the investigation but the Vice President could not come.
Based on a report on Inquirer, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte’s office has organized a thanksgiving lunch party for the media. The source stated that it was last week when the Office of the Vice President (OVP) sent out invitations for the lunch party to be held at the OVP headquarters in Mandaluyong City.
According to Vice Pres. Duterte, she will be attending a thanksgiving party and she has to be back to Davao after for the burial of her uncle. The Vice President also claimed that based on her understanding of the explanation of her lawyer, she does not have to appear personally at the NBI. She can allegedly send a letter or an affidavit with regards to the probe.
Aside from the NBI subpoena, the Vice President is also faced with impeachment complaints. Recently, Vice Pres. Duterte broke her silence on the impeachment complaints against her.