Palace on NBI raps vs. VP Sara: We’re going to let the process proceed 

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Thursday said they would let the judicial process take its course as the National Bureau of Investigation filed a criminal complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. 

“We are aware of that but we are going to let the process proceed on its own because this is about a criminal investigation,” Bersamin told reporters. 

“The Department of Justice will have the fullest autonomy, you cannot give directions as far as these matters go,” he added. 

Asked about the repeated claim of Duterte that she was not involved in any assassination plot, Bersamin said they would leave that in the hands of the investigators. 

“This process will have to go through the full course, if ever that matter is officially taken cognizance off,” Bersamin said. 

On Wednesday, the National Bureau of Investigation recommended the filing of a complaint for inciting to sedition and grave threat against Duterte.

This was over her remark that she ordered someone to kill President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez if an alleged plot against her succeeds.

The Department of Justice has said prosecutors were still evaluating whether the complaint will be returned to the NBI for further case build-up or if it will be submitted for preliminary investigation.—LDF, GMA Integrated News