FILE - Philippine Vice President-elect Sara Duterte, daughter of outgoing populist president of the Philippines, delivers her speech during her oath-taking rites in her hometown in Davao city, southern Philippines, on June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Manman Dejeto)
THE country’s security council will verify an alleged assassination threat by Vice-President Sara Duterte (pic) against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, a top official said, describing it as a “matter of national security”.
Duterte, in a strongly worded morning briefing last Saturday, said she had spoken with an assassin and instructed them to kill Marcos, his wife and the speaker of the Philippine House if she were to be killed.
