Philippines VP Sara Duterte threatens Marcos assassination if she is killed

Conviction in the Senate at this point might be pretty difficult because you have about a third of the Senate who can be thought of as allies of the vice president,

Holmes said

We could end up with what they have now in the US. A polarized system, a polarized situation between the Duterte and the Marcos camp,

Tigno said

It was really out of convenience,

Ronald Holmes, who teaches political science at De La Salle University in Manila, told Business Insider

This is no longer rhetoric,

Jorge Tigno, a professor of political science at the University of the Philippines Diliman, told BI

But it's not a question of a 'good vs evil' kind of polarization. It's more of one elite group competing for power and position against another elite group,

he added

We have to maintain order in a civilized society by adherence to the rule of law and we will apply the full strength and force of the law on this,

Andres said

That criminal plot should not be allowed to pass,

Marcos said in a televised statement, without mentioning Duterte by name

The statements we heard in the previous days were troubling,

Marcos said on Monday

As a democratic country, we need to uphold the rule of law,

he said

If it's that easy to plan the assassination of a president, how much more for ordinary citizens?"

Marcos said in a recorded video, without naming Duterte

It would not have led to this kind of drama if only the legitimate questions in the Senate and House of Representatives would have been answered,

Marcos 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

We call for calm and resolve,

Brawner said

Don’t worry about my security because I’ve talked with somebody. I said, ‘If I’m killed, you’ll kill BBM, Liza Araneta and Martin Romualdez. No joke, no joke,

the vice president said without elaborating and using the initials many use to call the president

The NBI has primary jurisdiction to investigate threats on the President down to the chief justice. So, we will not take this lightly. When we received the video clips of what Vice President Sara said, we immediately conducted an investigation,

Santiago said

In the light of recent events, very alarming events, the government is taking action to protect our duly elected President. The premeditated plot to assassinate the President as declared by the self-confessed mastermind will now face legal consequences,

Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres said in the same briefing

I hope that these events will end in a peaceful way that will lead us to the truth,

he added

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

Let us respect the process. Let us obey the law. Let us remember the mandate entrusted to us by millions of Filipinos,

he noted

Definitely, we will take it as a serious threat because it came from the mouth of the Vice President,

he added