Vice President Sara Duterte said since she refused financial aid from her father for her legal troubles, she allowed him to take part in crafting a defense with her team of lawyers.
“He said, since I won’t accept the money, he would lawyer for me. So he said he would be a collaborating counsel for all cases,” the Vice President said in Filipino, as quoted by ABS-CBN News.
She appeared in public with her father yesterday during their family’s yearly gift-giving for communities in Bangkal, Davao City.
The Vice President said her father was concerned about her legal troubles. She is also expecting possible criminal complaints for grave threats and for allegedly violating the Anti-Terrorism Law.
“He’ll be one of the lawyers for all of the cases, and he is preparing his documents now in IBP,” she said.
Three impeachment complaints have been filed against the Vice President – the first two of which were filed days apart earlier this month.
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