Sara Duterte, vice-president of the Philippines
Sara Duterte assured that she hired an assassin to kill the President, his wife and the Speaker of the House of Representatives if she herself is killed.
“Don’t worry about my safety, because I spoke to someone. I said ‘if they kill me, they will kill BBM, Liza Araneta and Martin Romualdez. It’s not a joke, it’s not a joke. I gave my order: ‘If I die, don’t stop until you kill them‘. And he said, ‘yes’.”
The threat against the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.was “done so blatantly in public” that it is a matter of national security, says the Presidential Security Command, which reinforced the security of the head of state.
The country’s vice president, who made these statements to journalists this Saturday, later tried to go back on her words. Even after saying it “wasn’t a joke”.
“If I expressed my concern, will they say that this is a threat to the President’s life?”, he said, quoted by . “Why would I kill him if it weren’t for revenge from the grave? There’s no reason to kill him. What is the benefit for me?” tried to convince journalists.
The presidential security force also told Time that it was “coordinating with thelaw enforcement agencies the detection, deterrence and defense against any and all threats to the President and the first family”.
“We call for calm and determination,” said the Philippine military chief, Romeo Brawner. “We reiterate our need to stand united against those who try to break our ties as Filipinos.”
In May 2022, Marcos ran against Duterte in the elections and both won landslide victories based on a national unity campaign. However, in recent times, the two have been at odds over opinions on issues such as approaches to China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea.
In June, Duterte resigned from Marcos’ cabinet as Education Secretary and head of an anti-insurgency body.
Like his father, the Rodrigo Dutertethe Vice-President has now become a criticism and important to Marcos, his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos and Mayor Martin Romualdez, the President’s ally and cousin.
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