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Her lawyers may be against letting her face a Senate impeachment trial, but Vice President Sara Duterte said she wants it to proceed because “I really want a bloodbath.”

Re-elected Sen. Bong Go attributed his top finish in the Senate race to former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is awaiting trial in The Hague for crimes against humanity in connection with his administration’s bloody war on drugs.

Vice President Sara Duterte did not attend the second day of the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s preliminary investigation on the charges of inciting to sedition and grave threats filed against her by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), which stemmed from her controversial remark about contracting someone to kill President Marcos, the First Lady and the House Speaker.

International Criminal Court (ICC) president Tomoko Akane has requested two judges of the international tribunal to comment on former president Rodrigo Duterte’s plea to disqualify them from ruling on the issue of jurisdiction.

The term “obstructionists” was not directed at allies of former president Rodrigo Duterte but to those who do nothing but attack and hinder government programs, Malacañang clarified yesterday, following criticism from reelectionist Sen. Ronald dela Rosa.