(UPDATE) VICE President Sara Duterte said she is ready to stay "indefinitely" at the office of her brother, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte, in the House of Representatives as long as officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) are cited in contempt by the chamber's blue ribbon committee.

In a hastily organized press briefing on Friday night, Duterte said she defied the order of House Office of Sergeant-at-Arms Napoleon Taas to leave her brother's office because she has her brother's permission to stay.

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