Posted at 07/02/2011 11:37 PM | Updated as of 07/02/2011 11:43 PM 
 
 MANILA, Philippines - A day after she got involved in a punching incident, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she will go on a 5-day leave. 
 
 Duterte said her husband asked her to take a quick break and to give way to the investigation of the Department of Interior and Local Government on her assault on a court sheriff on Friday. 
 
 She will be on leave from July 7 to 11. 
 
 "I'll go on leave for 5 days to allow everybody to investigate. But they can actually start investigating now...Maybe they want to go to the city hall to investigate, it should take 5 days," the mayor said in her local dialect. 
 
 She continued, "I'm actually expecting this. It's good that my husband asked me to go on leave." 
 
 Duterte also apologized to the people in the Hall of Justice for uttering bad words against them. 
 
 She said she only got frustrated that Davao Regional Trial Court sheriff Abe Andres was unable to grant her request for a 2-hour extension before pushing through with the demolition of informal settlers' shanties in Agdao district. 
 
 "Again sorry to the people who were not involved. I'm sorry for my outburst against them," she said. 
 
 Before going on leave, Duterte will attend a conference from July 4 to 6. She said it was a prior commitment. -- With a report from Bonna Pamplona, ABS-CBN Davao ||||| Have an account? Sign In! 
 
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– This lesson in diplomacy is hot on BuzzFeed: A female mayor in the Philippines city of Davao City punched out a sheriff in front of TV cameras. Mayor Sara Duterte was incensed that the sheriff insisted on demolishing a shantytown despite her request for a two-hour delay. (Fittingly, she wanted the time to keep tensions among residents. from exploding.) Duterte is taking a five-day leave while the government investigates her takedown, reports ABS-CBN News. Click here for more.