Philippine VP says she would have Marcos assassinated if she is killed

President's office vows 'proper action' as rift with Duterte family widens

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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attend their inauguration ceremony in Manila in June 2022. The relationship between the country's two most powerful political families has since devolved into a bitter feud. © Reuters

November 23, 2024 15:00 JST

MANILA (Reuters) -- Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed, prompting Marcos' office to vow "immediate proper action."

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