MANILA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sounded alarm following the “kill threats” made by Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio against him and others.
“’Yang ganyang krimimal na pagtatangka ay hindi dapat pinapalampas. ‘Yan ay aking papalagan,” President Marcos said in a recorded statement on Monday.
The Chief Executive said it is alarming that anyone can easily plot an assassination attempt against the President.
“Nakakabahala ang mga pahayag na narinig natin nitong mga nakaraang araw. Nandiyan ang walang pakundangang pagmumura at ang pagbabanta ng planong ipapatay ang ilan sa atin,” Marcos said.
“Kung ganun na lang kadali ang pagplano sa pagpatay ng isang Presidente, papaano pa kaya ang mga pangkaraniwan na mamamayan?” he added.
President Marcos also stated that, instead of resorting to diversionary tactics, the Vice President should just answer the allegations of confidential funds misuse.
“Ang katotohanan ay hindi dapat i-tokhang. Tapos na sana ang usapang ito kung tutuparin lamang ang sinumpaang panata na bilang lingkod bayan ay magsabi ng totoo, at hindi hahadlangan,” he said.
“Imbes na derechahang sagot, nililihis pa sa kwentong chicheria,” President Marcos added.
Duterte-Carpio issued the kill threat in a media conference on early Saturday morning following the attempted transfer of Office of the Vice President (OVP) chief of staff and undersecretary Zuleika Lopez from the House of Representatives to the Correctional Institute for Women.
Specifically, Duterte-Carpio said she contracted a person to kill President Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez, if she herself gets killed.
Duterte-Carpio, however, on Monday clarified that her “kill remarks” was “maliciously taken out of logical context.”/PN
