THE Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday confirmed that it has filed grave threats charges against Vice President Sara Duterte before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Quezon City.
‘We confirm that the complaint for Grave Threats against Vice President Sara Duterte was filed today, August 11, 2026, at around 1:30 p.m. with the Office of the Clerk of Court of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court,’ DOJ spokesman Polo Martinez.
Martinez said investigating prosecutors found prima facie evidence with reasonable certainty of conviction to indict Duterte for the crime of grave threats under Article 282 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Section 6 of Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 which punishes ‘any person who shall threaten another with the infliction upon the person, honor or property of the latter or of his family of any wrong amounting to a crime.’
The DOJ recommended a bail of P120,000 for the charge.
However, Martinez said the case for inciting to sedition against the Vice President was dismissed after the panel of prosecutors found the evidence insufficient to file the case.
The case stemmed from Duterte’s statement made in during an online press briefing in November 2024 claiming that she had hired someone to assassinate President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr, First Liza Araneta-Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez if a purported plot against her life succeeds.
In a statement, Duterte’s lawyer Paul Lawrence Lim said three counts of grave threats were actually filed against the Vice President before the QC RTC.