Philippine law officials on Tuesday summoned vice president Sara Duterte for questioning over her weekend statements that she had contracted someone to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. if she were to be killed.

The intensifying feud between the Marcos and Duterte camps begins to reshape Philippine politics ahead of the next presidential election.

Vice-president Sara Duterte tells press conference she has given an assassin the instructions, prompting referral from Marcos’s office over ‘active threat’

Under the Philippine penal code, such public remarks may constitute a crime and can be punishable by a jail term and fine.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday vowed to fight back against what he called reckless and troubling threats against him, speaking out after his estranged vice president said he would be assassinated if she herself were killed.

Philippine investigators summon VP Duterte to answer questions over her public threats against President Marcos

Philippine investigators on Tuesday summoned Vice President Sara Duterte to answer questions about her public threat to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed. The National Bureau of Investigation served the subpoena at Duterte’s office,

FREE! Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte announced Saturday that she had contracted assassins to kill president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife. Duterte warned that she was not joking and that the threat is intended as a deterrent to her own assassination.