Manila: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday she had hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife Lisa Araneta-Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualz. According to Duterte, he has told the killers that if he (Duterte) is murdered, he will not stop until he kills these three people. Duterte warned against taking the threat lightly, saying she was not joking.
Will action be taken against the Vice President?
Acting Secretary of State Lucas Bersamin has referred the matter to the Presidential Guard for “immediate and appropriate action” in response to threats against Marcos. However, it is unclear what action will be taken against the vice president. In light of this threat, the Presidential Security Command increased Marcos’ security. She said she considered the vice president’s “blatant and outrageous threats” to be a national security issue. The Presidential Security Command said it is “coordinating with law enforcement agencies to detect, deter and protect the President and his family from any threats.”
Accused of political harassment
Marcos and Duterte ran together in the May 2022 presidential and vice-presidential elections. Both leaders focused their campaigns on calls for national unity, and they won landslide victories. However, the stances between Marcos and Duterte later began to diverge on several other issues, including China’s aggressive activities in the disputed South China Sea. In June, Duterto resigned as education minister and head of the Marcos cabinet’s counterinsurgency agency. Sara Duterte, like her father and former President Rodrigo Duterte, is an outspoken critic of Marcos. He accused the president, his wife, Sara, and his cousin Romualdez, the House speaker, of corruption, incompetence and political harassment of the Duterte family and supporters.
Duterte also said
In an online news conference earlier Saturday, Duterte accused Marcos of being an incompetent president and a liar. When asked about his safety, Duterte said: “Don’t worry about my safety because I talked to someone. I said, ‘If I am killed, you will not let BBM, Li Shah and Romualz. Don’t take it lightly, this is no joke. ” In the Philippines, many people use “BBM” to refer to President Marcos.
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“I have given the order, if I am killed, not to stop until I kill them,” Duterte said. “She said ‘yes.'” Under the Philippine Penal Code, people who make such statements publicly can be charged with inciting others or Family members were sentenced to prison terms and fines for engaging in inappropriate behavior. (language)
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