# Manila Court Orders Arrest Warrant for Vice President Sara Duterte

A Quezon City Regional Trial Court issued an arrest warrant against Vice President Sara Duterte for a grave threats case.

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A Quezon City Regional Trial Court in the Philippines issued a warrant of arrest against Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, September 4. [^1]

A Philippine court ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday over charges that she publicly threatened to have the president and two other people assassinated. [^2]

Paul Lawrence Lim stated that Vice President Duterte has no intention of evading the law despite the jurisdiction questions. [^3]

Paul Lawrence Lim, the lawyer for Vice President Sara Duterte, confirmed the issuance of the arrest warrant on September 4. [^4]

Duterte was already impeached by the House of Representatives in May on the same charges as well as alleged financial anomalies. [^5]

If convicted of the charges, Duterte may be permanently disqualified from holding public office and will prohibit her from seeking the presidency in 2028. [^6]

The charges stem from a threat made by Duterte in a 2024 online news conference to have Marcos, his wife and then-House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez killed by an assassin if she herself was killed. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. A Quezon City Regional Trial Court in the Philippines issued a warrant of arrest against Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, September 4. (RAPPLER, News)
2. A Philippine court ordered the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday over charges that she publicly threatened to have the president and two other people assassinated. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)
3. Paul Lawrence Lim stated that Vice President Duterte has no intention of evading the law despite the jurisdiction questions. (RAPPLER, News)
4. Paul Lawrence Lim, the lawyer for Vice President Sara Duterte, confirmed the issuance of the arrest warrant on September 4. (RAPPLER, News)
5. Duterte was already impeached by the House of Representatives in May on the same charges as well as alleged financial anomalies. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)
6. If convicted of the charges, Duterte may be permanently disqualified from holding public office and will prohibit her from seeking the presidency in 2028. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)
7. The charges stem from a threat made by Duterte in a 2024 online news conference to have Marcos, his wife and then-House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez killed by an assassin if she herself was killed. (Winnipeg Free Press, News)

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