Vice President of the Philippines, investigated for threatening President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The office of the president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., reported this Saturday, November 23, that it is investigating a death threat made by the vice president, Sara Duterte, against the head of state, suggesting his possible assassination.

The office stated in a statement that The president’s security service will act on statements by Duterte, who said hours before that he has hired an assassin to kill Marcos Jr. in case she is killed before.

“A threat against the president’s life must always be taken seriously, even more so when it has been made publicly in a clear and certain manner.“said the president’s office.

Marcos and Duterte allied themselves electorally for the 2022 elections in which they swept the polls, but their relations became more tense afterwards and the vice president resigned last June as Secretary of Education, leaving the Government. However, she continues to be vice president because this shit is elected in the Philippines separately from the president.

The vice president stated this Saturday, November 23, in an appearance before the media, that he had hired someone to kill the head of state, the first lady, Liza Araneta, and the president of Parliament, Martin Romualdezif she died before being supposedly the object of a plot.

“I told him that if they kill me, he should kill BBM (Marcos), Liza Araneta and Martin Romualdez. It’s not a joke. “It’s not a joke,” Duterte said, according to the Philippine channel ABS-CBN. “I said, ‘If I die, don’t stop until I’ve killed them,'” he added.

Last October, Duterte accused Marcos Jr. of being incompetent and said he had imagined cutting off his head after discovering their relationship was toxic.

Sara Duterte is the daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte (2016-2022), who also had a good political relationship with Marcos Jr. but they fell out towards the end of the former’s term.

Despite her father’s quarrels, Sara Duterte forged a political alliance with Marcos Jr., son of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, but a year after the 2022 elections there were already palpable tensions between the two.

Duterte faces the threat of impeachment in the House of Representatives, led by Marcos’ cousin Romualdez, who is expected to run for president in 2028.

She also had a fight with the president’s wife, Liza Araneta-Marcos, who accused her of laughing at a January event where her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, accused Marcos of being a “drug addict.”

The Philippine vice president called her late-night news conference after House officials said they would transfer her chief of staff, detained after being cited for contempt, from the lower house detention center to a correctional facility. Zuleika Lopez was detained Wednesday after being accused of “improper interference” in House proceedings centered on Duterte’s spending of public funds.

Months earlier, his father had accused Marcos of being a “drug addict” and the next day the president claimed that his predecessor’s health was worsening due to prolonged use of the powerful opioid fentanyl. None of them provided evidence of their accusations.

In October, Sara Duterte She said she felt “used” after partnering with Marcos for the May 2022 elections, which they won by a landslide. She remains the constitutional successor to the 67-year-old president.

Like his daughter, Rodrigo Duterte is known for his outbursts, including admitting to having executed criminals himself and swearing at Pope Francis and former US President Barack Obama.