Rody threatens political return if VP impeached
Duterte said he would postpone his retirement and return to politics if the talk in the House of Representatives to oust the Vice President is carried out
Daily TribuneDuterte said he would postpone his retirement and return to politics if the talk in the House of Representatives to oust the Vice President is carried out
Former President Rodrigo Duterte has warned he will be forced to run either for vice president or senator in the event his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, is impeached.
"You know if you do that, I will return to politics… I will be forced to either run for senator or vice president even though I'm old," he said in his Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa program that aired early Tuesday.
Duterte said he would postpone his retirement and return to politics if the talk in the House of Representatives to oust the Vice President is carried out.
"It will get messy. I won't lose anything, I'm retired. But when it comes to that, and it happens that I'm still alive and don't have dementia, I'll run for vice president… If Inday is the president, it's okay," he added in Filipino.
Vice President Sara Duterte recently expressed support for any political plans her father may have.
"Whatever President Duterte's decision is, the family fully supports him. Just like whatever our decisions are as [his] children regarding politics, the family has full support for us. We will support President Duterte's decision the same way," the Vice President told reporters.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier expressed opposition to any move to impeach the Vice President.
House Speaker Martin Romualdez, for his part, denied there was talk of impeachment against the Vice President in the lower chamber.
"Nothing filed, no news of that… I don't know, I don't know your sources, but there's nothing in the offing, nothing in general," he said.