The Office of the Vice President (OVP) revealed that Senator Imee Marcos helped to secure an order from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) that allowed Vice President Sara Duterte to stay with her chief of staff Zuleika Lopez during her hospital confinement.
The OVP made the pronouncement on Thursday in a letter of thanks to those who assisted Duterte and Lopez while the latter was confined at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC).
Lopez was brought there following a panic attack which supposedly stemmed from being detained at the House of Representatives after being cited for contempt.
Among those the vice president was grateful for was Senator Marcos, the elder sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
“Nagpapasalamat ang Tanggapan ng Pangalawang Pangulo sa lahat ng mga tumulong, sumuporta at nagpaabot ng pakikiisa at pagdamay sa opisina nang humarap ito sa krisis at kagipitan kamakailan,” said the OVP.
(The Office of the Vice President thanks all those who helped, supported and extended solidarity and sympathy to the office as it faced the recent crisis and emergency.)
“… at kay Senador Imee Marcos na tiniyak na mayroong DILG order para payagan si VP Sara Duterte at Senador Bato dela Rosa na magbantay ng pasyente sa VMMC,” it added.
(… and to Senator Imee Marcos who assured that there is a DILG order to allow VP Sara Duterte and Senator Bato dela Rosa to watch over a patient at VMMC.)
