VP Sara to join Pinoy event in South Korea on July 27, to return to PH on SONA day

Vice President Sara Duterte announced on Wednesday that she will visit South Korea on July 27 to attend an event for the Filipino community and return to the Philippines on July 28, the day of the President's State of the Nation Address (SONA).

“There is a Filipino community event already confirmed on July 27 in South Korea. They organized it, and we were invited as the speakers,” Duterte said.

“During the SONA, I'll be traveling back to the Philippines. It's the travel date,” she added.

Duterte said she accepted the invitation to the event to “personally” express her gratitude to Filipinos in South Korea.

The Vice President is currently abroad to visit her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, who has been in detention at The Hague since March.

The elder Duterte is facing crimes against humanity charges before the International Criminal Court in connection with the killings under his war on drugs when he was mayor of Davao City and when he was president of the Philippines.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver his fourth SONA on July 28.

House Secretary General Reginald Velasco earlier said the Vice President will not be attending this year’s SONA but noted that the House remains prepared should she change her mind. —Mariel Celine Serquiña/LDF, GMA Integrated News