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.
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