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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.”

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