President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday said she and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. have reached a “point of no return,” banishing any possibility of them patching up.
According to Duterte, she believes that the Marcos administration is “going after her.”
Article continues after this advertisement“Gusto nila talaga akong tanggalin sa posisyon (and they really want to remove me from my post),” Duterte said in a press conference in Zamboanga City when asked if there is still a chance for her to patch things up with Marcos.
FEATURED STORIES NEWSINFO QCPD files assault complaint vs Sara Duterte, OVP security chief NEWSINFO PNP: Duterte supporters allegedly promised payment for Edsa rally NEWSINFO Brawner to military staff: Resign if you want to express political standDuterte reiterated that the threats against her, her personnel, and family are real.
While she did not explicitly mention where these threats could be coming from, Duterte once again alluded to House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
Article continues after this advertisement“Because Martin Romualdez wants to be vice president, and he doesn’t know that those in Congress don’t want him to be VP and he doesn’t know that the people don’t want Martin Romualdez to be president,” she said in Filipino.
Article continues after this advertisement“Unfortunately, Martin Romualdez can’t understand that,” she added.
Article continues after this advertisementMarcos and Duterte, who were running mates in the 2022 elections, have been embroiled in a worsening clash over the past months after the latter quit her post in the Cabinet as education secretary.
The feud has since escalated, with Duterte recently admitting that she instructed someone to kill Marcos, his wife Liza, and cousin Romualdez if she would be killed.
Article continues after this advertisementThis prompted Malacañang to tighten its security around Marcos, tagging Duterte’s pronouncements as an “active threat.”
READ: Sara Duterte’s kill remark vs Marcos is ‘active threat’ – Palace
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Duterte, however, repeatedly said that her supposed kill plot was merely “taken out of logical context.”
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