Marcos: Impeachment vs. Sara will not help Filipinos

Metro Manila, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confirmed sending a text message to lawmakers urging them not to file an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.

In an interview in Quezon, Marcos emphasized that impeachment proceedings would not benefit the Filipino people.

“Well, it was actually a private communication but na-leak na, yes, because that’s really my opinion. This is not important," Marcos said on Friday, November 29.

[Translation: "Well, it was actually a private communication, but it leaked, yes, because that’s really my opinion. This is not important.]

“This does not make any difference to even one single Filipino life. So, why waste time on this?” he added.

The President further argued that impeachment efforts would waste the valuable time of lawmakers, which could be better spent addressing pressing concerns.

"It will just take up all our time and for what? For nothing, for nothing. None of this will help improve a single Filipino life. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a storm in a teacup," he said.

When asked if his relationship with Vice President Duterte had reached a breaking point, Marcos replied: “Never say never.”

In an interview with NewsWatch Plus on Thursday, House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability Vice Chairperson Jay Khonghun stated that the House leadership was not planning to move forward with an impeachment case against Duterte.

"I will stand by my statement na hindi natin pinag-uusapan yan. Talagang actually, until now, we are wondering kung sino yung maghahain ng impeachment case," said Khonghun.

[Translation: "I will stand by my statement that we are not discussing that. Actually, until now, we are wondering who will file the impeachment case.]

The lawmaker also pointed out that several government agencies are currently investigating the Vice President.

"Kasi nga, the Vice President is not immune from suit. So, hayaan natin yung mga ahensya na kailangan mag-imbestiga sa kanya. Tulad ng DOJ, NBI, ating mga korte. Kaya tingnan kung ano yung mga violation na ginawa ng Vice President," he said.

[Translation: "The Vice President is not immune from suit. So, let the agencies that need to investigate her do so, like the DOJ, NBI, and the courts. Let’s see what violations the Vice President may have committed.]