Impeached Sara won't resign

'Romantic breakup more hurtful than impeachment'

- By ELIZABETH MARCELO

Resigning ahead of her impeachment trial is out of the question for Vice President Sara Duterte, who revealed that her legal team had begun preparations for a court battle way back in November 2023.

"We are not there yet. Such kinds of things are so far ahead," Duterte said at a press conference yesterday when asked if resigning is an option ahead of an impeachment trial.

Her main comment on her impeachment was, "God save the Philippines."

She declined to answer several questions including whether she thought President Marcos had a hand in her impeachment.

"Our lawyers are working. I'm not privy to what they are doing, but I will have a meeting with them," Duterte said.

"We've already started preparing the moment France Castro announced the impeachment plans, which was in November of 2023. So, November 2023, there were already our lawyers doing their work for the impeachment," Duterte said, referring to ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro, one of the main proponents of the impeachment complaint against her and the one who raised before the House of Representatives the issue on the Office of the Vice President's alleged misuse of P125 million in confidential funds in 2022.

Under Article XI, Section 3, Paragraph 7 of the Constitution, conviction through impeachment shall result in the impeachable officer’s removal from his or her current post and perpetual disqualification from holding public office.