The Philippines VP publicly threatens to have the president assassinated

We call for calm and resolve,

Brawner said

Why would I kill him if not for revenge from the grave? There is no reason for me to kill him. What’s the benefit for me?”

Duterte told journalists

I’ve given my order, ‘If I die, don’t stop until you’ve killed them.’ And he said, ‘Yes,

the vice president said

I would like to see a copy of the notice of meeting with proof of service, the list of attendees, photos of the meeting, and the notarized minutes of meeting where the Council, whether present or past, resolved to consider the remarks by a Vice President against a President, maliciously taken out of logical context, as a national security concern,

Duterte said in an open letter to the NSC

If I expressed the concern, they will say that’s a threat to the life of the president?”

she said

However, the foreign policy is not the root cause of the internal political struggle of the Philippines, but the struggle could impact and add uncertainties to the future policymaking of Manila on relevant issues, so relevant parties are paying close attention to what would happen next,

the expert said

Thinking and talking about it is different from actually doing it,

However, Sara Duterte told reporters on Saturday afternoon ... adding there

I have talked to a person. I said, if I get killed, go kill BBM (Marcos), (first lady) Liza Araneta, and (Speaker) Martin Romualdez. No joke. No joke,

Duterte said in the briefing

Any threat to the life of the president must be taken seriously, more so that this threat has been publicly revealed in clear and certain terms,

it added

Any and all threats against the life of the president shall be validated and considered a matter of national security,

Ano said in a statement

Bongbong Marcospresident

If the evidence warrants, this could lead to eventual prosecution,

Marcos' office said in a statement

The Vice President’s [kill] claim [against her] is totally without basis. It’s just the product of her fertile imagination,

Dalipe said

This kind of behavior is not befitting of a Vice President. Instead of spewing seemingly unintelligible threats, she should use that spunk to clarify the serious allegations surrounding her office,

Ortega stressed

That’s why she is given the opportunity to address issues that cannot be explained, such as the P15 million funds used in the youth leadership summit,

Chua said, referring to certificates issued by the Armed Forces of the Philippines to the DepEd, which the department allegedly used to justify the P15.54-million expense for informant rewards

Hindi po ito deepfake or AI-Generated (This is not deepfake or generated by artificial intelligence),

Santiago added

She’s diverting the issue. We are appealing to our people not to fall for these unreasonable outbursts intended to distract them from the real issue,

he added

The gravity of these statements cannot be overstated. A kill-order on the President is not only a heinous crime but also a betrayal of the highest order—one that shakes the very foundation of our democratic institutions,

he said

This country is going to hell because we are led by a person who doesn’t know how to be a president and who is a liar,

she said in the profanity-laced briefing broadcast on her Facebook page

Acting on the vice president’s clear and unequivocal statement that she had contracted an assassin to kill the president if an alleged plot against her succeeds, the executive secretary has referred this active threat to the Presidential Security Command for immediate proper action,

it said in a statement