Sara Duterte spent P216M for VP campaign— SOCE


Vice President-elect Sara Duterte spent P216.19 million, which was sourced entirely from in-kind contributions, on her 2022 campaign, her Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) said.

Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio (Photo from Lakas-CMD Media)

The copy of the document has a "received" stamp from the Commission on Elections' (Comelec's) Campaign Finance Office dated June 7.

None of Duterte's expenses came from her personal funds and resources, and her campaign contributions were all in-kind and not in cash.

In-kind contributions from her political party, Lakas Christian Muslim Democrats (LAKAS-CMD), amounted to P136,609,244.91, while in-kind donations from "other sources" amounted to P79,581,690.15.

Comelec set the deadline for the submission of SOCE today, June 8.

Duterte will be inaugurated as the country's 15th vice president on Sunday, June 19, in her hometown of Davao City.

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The Vice President-elect will be sworn into office by Supreme Court (SC) Justice Ramon Paul Hernando.

She said she decided to have her inauguration before President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr.' on June 30 because she wanted to attend his event.

Duterte got more than 32 million votes in the recently concluded polls.