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‘Nagbilin na ako…. ‘Pag namatay ako, ‘wag ka tumigil hanggang hindi mo mapapatay sila,’ Vice President Sara Duterte says in a media briefing via Zoom
In the wee hours of Saturday, November 23, Vice President Sara Duterte sent a stern warning to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez: If she gets killed, so will they.
Responding to a Diehard Duterte Supporters (DDS) vlogger’s question about her remedy to corruption and criminality, and supposed calls for people power during a press conference via Zoom, Duterte said: “‘Wag kang mag-alala sa security ko kasi may kinausap na ako na tao. Sinabi ko sa kanya, ‘pag pinatay ako, patayin mo si BBM, si Liza Araneta, at si Martin Romualdez. No joke. No joke.”
(Don’t worry about my security because I’ve already talked to someone. I told him, if I get killed, kill BBM, Liza Araneta, and Martin Romualdez. No joke. No joke.)
“Nagbilin na ako, Ma’am. ‘Pag namatay ako, wag ka tumigil hanggang hindi mo mapapatay sila. And then he said yes,” she added, without naming the apparent assassin that she had contracted.
(I’ve already made arrangements, Ma’am. If I die, don’t stop until you kill them. And then he said yes.)
The OVP called the news briefing past midnight, after the House committee on good government ordered the transfer of her chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez, from the House detention facility to the Women’s Correctional Facility in Mandaluyong City.
In another virtual press conference on Thursday, Duterte claimed that Romualdez “is the only person who wants me dead.”
Duterte has been at odds with Romualdez since last year, when the House rejected her confidential funds request for 2024.
Duterte has been staying in the office of her brother, Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte since Thursday, to be accessible to Lopez, who has health problems. The Vice President had said that she planned to stay there for as long as there are OVP staff detained at the House or until Congress adjourns in June, if needed.
Lopez has been detained at the House facility since Wednesday night, November 20, after being cited for contempt due to her evasive answers during the probe into her boss’s alleged misuse of funds at the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education, when Duterte was DepEd chief. (READ: Fake receipts? Here’s a summary of House probe into Sara Duterte’s funds) – Rappler.com
