Vice President Sara Duterte, ‘di dadalo sa SONA: “I am appointing myself as the designated survivor”

4 months ago

Sa unang pagkakataon, hindi dadalo si Vice President Sara Duterte sa SONA ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sabay sabing itinatalaga niya ang sarili na “designated survivor.”

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00:00For the first time, Vice President Sara Duterte will not travel to the area of President Bongbong Marcos

00:07while he is appointing his own Designated Survivor.

00:12In America, he is the one who becomes the President if something happens to the President and other officials in a gathering,

00:19but is there really such a thing in the Philippines?

00:22Maris Umali has the story.

00:23In the first State of the Nation Address of the President, along with the Vice President,

00:32the camera confirmed that Vice President Sara Duterte was invited to the area of President Bongbong Marcos on July 22.

00:39But when we asked him if he will go,

00:46No, I will not attend the area of President Bongbong Marcos.

00:49I am appointing myself as the Designated Survivor.

00:53In the concept of the Designated Survivor, like in America,

00:57aside from a gathering of the President and other officials in the line of succession of the President,

01:03in case there is an attack that will kill those there, he can serve as the interim President.

01:09But here in the Philippines, there is no such thing.

01:12According to the former Supreme Court Associate Justice Vicente Mendoza,

01:15there is no provision in the Constitution that requires a Designated Survivor.

01:20Sometimes, the Designated Survivor Bill was passed in 2019 by former Senator Panfilo Lacson.

01:26But regardless of the law,

01:27one of the violators of the 1987 Constitution said that the former Supreme Court Associate Justice Adolf Azguna

01:34said that there is nothing wrong with this.

01:36Moreover, there is still no law that will determine who will be removed from the line of succession of the President,

01:44Senate President, and House Speaker.

01:46The Vice President doesn't have to be there.

01:49She doesn't have a role there.

01:51So what she's doing is right.

01:53She will not stay there so that if something happens to them,

01:56the President will be killed.

01:58But according to House Secretary General Reginald Velasco,

02:01they don't see any threat in the coming zone.

02:04I think personally,

02:06it's just a joke.

02:09It's just a joke.

02:11You know their family, right? They like to joke.

02:16But of course, the reaction of our security officials might be different, right?

02:22So far, we haven't heard anything that because of that, we have to do additional security.

02:30House Secretary General Velasco added that they are anticipating everything that might happen in the zone.

02:36Almost every day, their security team and the Presidential Security Command

02:42to assess the security situation and find out what might happen here.

02:46According to the House Secretary General,

02:48this is the first time that a Vice President will not be brought to the President's zone.

02:55I don't know if the Vice President is absent.

02:59Based on our records, it's not the first time.

03:05In a statement, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said

03:09that it's the decision of a public official if he will be brought or not.

03:12But the President's zone is an important occasion to think about the country's progress,

03:17to solve the challenges, and to lay out the plans for the future.

03:21It's only right for the people to see the unity of their leaders for their well-being.

03:26We listened to the reaction of Vice President Duterte.

03:30For GMA Integrated News, I'm Maris Umali for 24 Hours.

03:42For GMA Integrated News, I'm Maris Umali for 24 Hours.

Vice President Sara Duterte, ‘di dadalo sa SONA: “I am appointing myself as the designated survivor” | 24 Oras

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