Vice Pres. Sara Duterte Reacts To Recent Malacañang Remarks about her
SARA DUTERTE – The Vice President denied that she went to Kuwait without a travel authority from the Office of the President.
The Filipino people witnessed frequent overseas trips of Vice Pres. Duterte since the arrest and the transfer of the custody of her father to the International Criminal Court. Former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte is under the custody of the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands since March.
Vice Pres. Duterte immediately flew to follow her father to The Hague when his custody was transferred. The Duterte family members take turn in visiting the former President who is currently faced with an allegation of crimes against humanity over the war on drugs of his administration,
Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s ICC lawyer Nicholas Kaufman is also a former counsel of former First Lady Imelda Marcos. Since her first trip to The Hague, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte only returned to the country a few weeks prior to the May 2025 Elections to campaign fervently for the PDP-Laban bets of her father.
After the Elections, Vice Pres. Duterte has been to four (4) countries abroad in less than a month — Doha, Qatar; The Hague, Netherlands; Malaysia; and Australia. In some of her “personal trips”, she met with the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are Duterte supporters abroad.
The Vice President previously claimed that she is using her own money in her “personal trips” but she keeps on working even when she’s abroad. With regards to her official trip, that’s allegedly when she uses the public fund.
Recently, amid the set date for the Senate to decide on the fate of her impeachment case following the Supreme Court declaring the Articles of Impeachment against Duterte as “unconstitutional”, there were questions asking where Vice Pres. Sara Duterte is and Malacañang has responded to it.
According to Palace press officer undersecretary Claire Castro, they have no information as to where the Vice President is but they received a report that Duterte is allegedly planning to go to Kuwait on August 8. However, Malacañang also claimed that they did not receive any request for a travel authority.
“Mayroon daw balak ang bise presidente na pumunta sa Kuwait ng August 8, pero as we speak wala pa pong naihahain na request for travel authority ang bise presidente,” Castro said.
Recently, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte reacted to the remarks of the press officer of Malacañang. She called on Palace press officer undersecretary Claire Castro not to allegedly “propagate misinformation and fake news”. According to her, there is no truth that she went to Kuwait without a travel authority.
“Dapat hindi kayo mag-propagate ng misinformation and fake news. And there is no truth na nagpunta ako sa Kuwait without a travel authority,” the Vice President said.
Based on a recent report on ABS-CBN News, Malacañang responded to the remarks of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. In an interview, Palace press officer undersecretary Claire Castro denied mentioning that she went to Kuwait.
“Definitely, wala tayong binanggit na siya ay nag-travel sa Kuwait,” the Palace official said.
The Senate voted to archive the impeachment case against the Vice President. However, according to Senator Imee Marcos, Duterte’s archived impeachment is allegedly “dead but not buried” and may be revived if the Supreme Court changes its decision.