Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday if she is killed, she has contracted an assassin to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos and House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez.

The president’s security has been boosted after his deputy’s ‘active threat’ that were ‘made so brazenly in public’.

VP Sara Duterte openly cursed President Bongbong Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez during a midnight presscon.

The ‘active threat’ has been referred to the Presidential Security Command for ‘immediate proper action’ following her warning.

Nagbilin na ako.... ‘Pag namatay ako, 'wag ka tumigil hanggang hindi mo mapapatay sila,' Vice President Sara Duterte says in a media briefing via Zoom

Vice President Sara Duterte clarified on Saturday that her statement that she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Speaker Martin Romualdez, and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos assassinated if she were killed was not a threat.

The assassination threat came after the House of Representatives decided to detain VP Sara Duterte’s Chief of Staff Zuleika Lopez.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed, prompting Marcos' office to vow "immediate proper action".

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte warned that if she were killed, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would be assassinated in retaliation. Her controversial statement has sparked widespread debate an

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself was killed, amid a growing rift between the two most powerful political families in the country.