Sara Duterte broadcasts 2028 presidential bid

The announcement follows the Home’s anticipated launch of latest impeachment proceedings in opposition to her, casting uncertainty over her eligibility for workplace in 2028

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte introduced on Wednesday, February 18, that she is going to run for president in 2028.

“I’m Sara Duterte, and I’ll run for president of the Philippines,” she stated in her speech streamed on her Fb web page. “I provide my life, my power, and my future within the service of our nation.”

The announcement comes on the heels of the anticipated initiation of the Home of Representatives of new impeachment proceedings in opposition to her.

Whereas pro-impeachment advocates might discover it more difficult to collect assist this time, the potential of impeachment will nonetheless solid a protracted shadow on Duterte’s candidacy. A profitable impeachment within the Home and a conviction on the Senate will bar her from public workplace.

The declaration additionally comes per week earlier than the Worldwide Felony Court docket holds the pre-trial listening to of former president Rodrigo Duterte, who has been detained in The Hague since March 2025 for alleged crimes in opposition to humanity in relation to the bloody drug struggle.

Whereas the Vice President is not named a co-perpetrator in her father’s ICC case, a minimum of one impeachment criticism in opposition to her seeks her removing from workplace for her alleged position within the extrajudicial killings in Davao Metropolis when she was its mayor.

Confessed Davao Loss of life Squad member Arturo Lascañas, a retired cop, had named Sara Duterte in his affidavit submitted to the ICC in relation to former president Duterte’s case.

In her speech on Wednesday, Duterte stated that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.‘s supposed failure to satisfy his marketing campaign guarantees prompted her to hunt the nation’s highest publish two years from now.

Duterte was Marcos’ working mate in 2022, and collectively, they gained the polls in a landslide victory.

“I’m sorry if I helped elect BBM as president of the nation. I’m sorry that, even till now, many Filipinos are nonetheless drowning in floodwaters. I’m sorry that the abuse of our establishments for the private pursuits of politicians is so blatant.”

Duterte herself is going through allegations of corruption, notably her alleged misuse of confidential funds value P612.5 million — accusations that she hasn’t correctly answered since 2023. It’s the principle alleged offense cited within the three impeachment complaints in opposition to her. – Rappler.com