Vice President Sara Duterte said she did not make an assassination threat against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This contradicts what she revealed in a Zoom press conference in November 2024.
STATEMENT
In a Feb. 7 press briefing, Duterte said:
“I did not make an assassination threat to the president. Sila lang nagsasabi niyan, na may assassination. Sila lang nagsasabi na may assassin, may gunman, I did not say that.”
Source: Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page, 02.07.2025: Vice President Sara Z. Duterte addresses the nation, Feb. 7, 2025, watch from 44:36 to 44:51
FACT
During a Zoom press conference on Nov. 23, 2024, Duterte said:
“Wag kang mag-alala sa security ko kasi may kinausap na akong tao. Sinabi ko sa kanya, ‘pag pinatay ako, patayin mo si BBM. si Liza Marcos, at si Martin Romualdez. No joke. No joke.”
Two days later, Duterte defended her statement saying:
“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 the 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.”
Three weeks later, the vice president said she did not regret making such threats against the president, first lady and House speaker.
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