A post circulating in various social media platforms is claiming that Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo is urging Vice President Sara Duterte to “resign out of shame and not wait for the impeachment trial.” This is fake.
The quote card, first published on Feb. 20, is being attributed to the acting chairperson of the House Committee on Appropriations, and includes her image with this text:
“I suggest, VP Sara just resign out of shame and not wait for the impeachment trial. She is clearly out of her mind. And we don’t need a Vice President like that. If she has the intentions to run for President in 2028, gawin niya na ngayon. Gusto ko siyang tumakbo para mas mapahiya siyang lalo (do it now. I want her to run so she can be more humiliated).”
Based on a reverse image search, Quimbo’s photo used in the quote card is from a Manila Times Jan. 28 article about the third-term congresswoman defending the 2025 national budget law. There was no mention of Duterte’s impeachment in the article, as cited in the text in the fake quote card.
Quimbo also did not make such a statement on her official Facebook page.
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