Philippine V-P says she would have Marcos assassinated if she were killed

Philippine security agencies stepped up safety protocols on Nov 23 after Vice-President Sara Duterte said she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assassinated if she were killed.

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In a dramatic sign of a widening rift between the two most powerful political families in the nation, Ms. Duterte said at an early morning press conference that she had spoken to an assassin and instructed him to kill Mr. Marcos, his wife, and the Speaker of the Philippine House if she were killed.

"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," she said in the profanity-laden briefing. Mr. Marcos' nickname is Bongbong.

She was responding to an online commenter urging her to stay safe, saying she was in enemy territory as she was at the lower chamber of Congress overnight with her chief of staff. Ms. Duterte did not cite any alleged threat against herself.