Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said he would fight back against what he described as a “troubling” threat against him, just days after his estranged ally Sara Duterte said she had asked someone to assassinate the president if she was killed.
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In a strongly-worded video message addressing the nation on Monday, Marcos said, “Such criminal plans should not be overlooked.” He, however, did not name Vice President Duterte, his presidential running mate in 2022.
In a dramatic twist in the fierce spat between Marcos and the powerful Duterte family, the daughter of firebrand former President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said she had instructed an assassin to kill Marcos, his wife and the parliament speaker if she was killed.
She was responding to a question during an online news conference about whether she feared for her safety. She did not cite any specific threat against her.
“The statements we heard in the previous days were troubling,” Marcos said. “There is the reckless use of profanities and threats to kill some of us.”
If planning the assassination of the president is that easy, how much more for ordinary citizens?”
Duterte told reporters she had yet to hear the president’s statement but would respond later.
Earlier on Monday, Duterte said her statement against Marcos was “maliciously taken out of logical context”.
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