The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated

We consider this a matter of national security and shall take all necessary measures to ensure the President’s safety,

the command said

We call for calm and resolve,

Brawner said

I've given my order, 'If I die, don't stop until you've killed them.' And he said, 'yes,

the vice president 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

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

it added

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 profanity-laden briefing