Philippine law agency recommends filing criminal charges against V-P Duterte over threat
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Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte has been embroiled in a long-running row with Mr Marcos, her former ally.
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MANILA – The Philippines’ National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has recommended filing criminal charges against Vice-President Sara Duterte over an alleged threat to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and others, the agency’s head said on Feb 12.
“We have finally recommended the filing of inciting to sedition and grave threats against the vice-president,” NBI director Jaime Santiago told radio broadcaster DZBB in an interview.
Mr Santiago said the recommendation has been submitted to the Justice Ministry, which will then decide if it will conduct a preliminary investigation.
Ms Duterte, in a brief comment sent through her media officer, said the NBI’s recommendation was “as expected”.
The case stemmed from Ms Duterte’s remarks in November that she had spoken with an assassin and instructed him to kill Mr Marcos, his wife and his cousin – the Speaker of the Philippine House – if she were killed. She has denied threatening them and reiterated last week that she made no such threat.
Ms Duterte has been embroiled in a long-running row with Mr Marcos, her former ally. She is facing a separate impeachment complaint over the threat she made and for allegedly misusing public funds while she was vice-president and education minister. REUTERS
