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FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte denies own assassination threat against Marcos Jr.

WHAT WAS CLAIMED

Vice President Sara Duterte says she “did not make an assassination threat” against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

OUR VERDICT

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In a Zoom conference last Nov. 23, Duterte said she had instructed someone to kill the president, first lady Liza Araneta and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, if she is assassinated.

By VERA Files

Feb 7, 2025

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In a press briefing on Feb. 7, 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 on Nov. 23, 2024, that she had ordered someone to kill the president, first lady and House speaker if she is killed.

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