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FPRRD 'happy' with VP Sara's SC victory
Manila Bulletin
|August 10 2025
Aside from Vice President Sara Duterte’s Philippine-based lawyers, another lawyer cheered for her straight from The Hague, Netherlands.
The Vice President admitted that her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, was elated upon hearing that the SC ruled as unconstitutional the impeachment case against her.
Her father stood as one of her lawyers in the petition before the high court.
“And he was truly very happy noong na tinawagan siya ng kanyang lawyer at ibinalita sa kanya na nanalo siya sa Supreme Court case. Kasi isa siya sa mga lawyers ko doon sa Supreme Court at binalita sa kanya, sinabi niya sa kanyang lawyer na mag-relax daw siya for one day (when his lawyer called him and said he won in the Supreme Court case. Because he is one of my lawyers in the Supreme Court and when they told him that, he said he would relax for one day),” the official said during a recent interview in Davao City.
This story is from the August 10 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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