Philippines agency recommends charging VP Sara Duterte over alleged plot
Philippines agency recommends charging VP Sara Duterte over alleged plot
The National Bureau of Investigation calls for a probe into Sara Duterte’s comments about having the president killed.
Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 12/02/2025 | 00:00:00
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Sara Duterte threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated. The Philippines’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has recommended criminal charges be filed against the vice president. "We have finally recommended the filing of inciting to sedition and grave threats," NBI Director Jaime Santiago said. Duterte stepped down from her role as education secretary in June. As vice president, she remains Marcos’s constitutional successor. The case stems from comments she made in November suggesting she had ordered someone to kill Marcos. The date for that hearing is yet to be set, but it is expected to take place in June or July. Duterte said she is considering a run for the presidency during the general election in May.
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