Vice President Sara Duterte. Photo from House of Representatives Media Affairs Bureau
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Vice President Sara Duterte laughed off the National Bureau of Investigation鈥檚 (NBI) plan to issue her a subpoena regarding her alleged order to kill聽President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
Senator Ronald 鈥淏ato鈥� Dela Rosa revealed this to reporters on Tuesday when asked about Duterte鈥檚 reaction to NBI鈥檚 plan.
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鈥淚 informed her this morning, and she kept on laughing,鈥� Dela Rosa said in a chance interview outside the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City.
鈥淲hat crime did she commit? She will be killed first before she commits a crime. By that time she鈥檚 already dead, who will be accountable? That鈥檚 the premise; it鈥檚 conditional, you kill me and I kill you,鈥� he added.
Dela Rosa was referring to Duterte鈥檚 statement last Saturday revealing that she ordered someone to 鈥渒ill鈥� the first couple and Romualdez should she be assassinated.
The Vice President conducted a series of press conferences addressing issues surrounding the detainment of her chief of staff Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez in the House of Representatives.
Lopez is currently confined at the VMMC due to medical issues caused by a panic attack. She is accompanied by Duterte and Dela Rosa at the hospital.