Vice President Sara Duterte says she will not attend President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address. She appoints herself as the ‘designated survivor’ although there is no such designation in the Philippine government.
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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte says she will not attend President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s
00:05third State of the Nation address.
00:07It will be the first time for Duterte to skip the President's sauna since she assumed the
00:11vice presidency in 2022.
00:14This year, she is no longer part of the Marcos cabinet, following her resignation as Education
00:18Secretary in June.
00:19No, I will not attend the sauna.
00:20I am appointing myself as the designated survivor.
00:26There is no such designation in the Philippine government, but in the United States, the
00:30role is assigned to someone in the cabinet who would be brought to a secure location
00:34while the President delivers his State of the Union address.
00:37Her exit from the Marcos cabinet confirms the rift inside the Uniteam coalition forged
00:41in the 2022 elections for the Marcos-Duterte tandem.