The government is now tracking down the contract killer hired by Vice President Sara Duterte to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez.
“We are tapping our law enforcement agents to investigate the whereabouts and the identity of this person or persons who may be plotting against the President,” Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres said in a Palace briefing on Monday, Nov. 25.
Andres said the government is using all its resources to identify the assassins.
“In the light of recent events, very alarming events, the government is taking action to protect our duly elected President. The premeditated plot to assassinate the President as declared by the self-confessed mastermind will now face legal consequences,” according to him.
He emphasized the seriousness of the threat, noting that as one of the country’s top officials, Duterte is the “beneficary of the death of the President.”
Andres also referred to Duterte’s earlier remark about wanting to cut off the President’s head.
“That is a very serious action taken by the VP and we have to go through the process and seek accountability for this,” the justice official said.IMT
