Palace on belief Sara Duterte will win in impeachment trial: Let them be

Vice President Sara Duterte meets overseas Filipino workers at Southorn Stadium in Wan Chai, Hong Kong on March 9, 2025. (Screengrab from video of SMNI Channel)

MANILA, Philippines — A Palace official on Thursday said Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp should be left to believe she will win her impeachment trial before the Senate.

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro, in a briefing, was asked to comment on Duterte’s remarks that her lawyers are positive that they can win the impeachment case.

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“Kung iyon po yung istratehiya nila, hayaan po natin,” Castro responded.

(If that’s their strategy, then let’s just let them be.)

She also reiterated that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has no hand in the impeachment trial—a statement the Palace has maintained.

Last February, Marcos said there is nothing he can do to stop the impeachment case from moving forward since it was already filed.

“The Senate has no choice. The House has no choice. They have to do this now. Once the impeachment complaint was filed, tumakbo na ang proseso,” the president said in a briefing.

“And if they do not carry out the process, they are delinquent in their duties,” he noted.

In the same month, the House of Representatives impeached Duterte.

215 lawmakers signed and endorsed the fourth impeachment complaint against her.

Presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos was the first to affix his signature in the Articles of Impeachment, while House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez was the last to sign the document.