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According to the document, Duterte was ordered to appear at the office of NBI director Jaime Santiago in Pasay City this coming Friday at 9 a.m., as part of the investigation being conducted by the NBI.

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In particular, the subpoena was meant 鈥渢o shed light on the investigation for alleged grave threats under Article 282 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to Section 6 of Republic Act No. 10175,鈥� also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act, and 鈥渇or possible violation of RA 11479,鈥� or the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The subpoena was signed by Glenn Ricarte, assistant director for investigation service at the NBI.

鈥楢ct of revenge鈥�

The Vice President declined to respond to questions about the subpoena, saying she has yet to read it.

鈥淲e will talk about the NBI (subpoena) tomorrow鈥� so give me time to read and think about it,鈥� she told reporters on Tuesday.

Duterte again insisted that her disclosure of contacting a hitman to kill Marcos was not an active threat, saying it was a 鈥渃onditional act of revenge.鈥�

She tried to explain her response to a question from one of her supporters if she was aware of the so-called 鈥淥peration Romanov,鈥� an alleged plot to 鈥渨ipe out鈥� the entire Duterte family.

This was during a video conference at midnight on Saturday from inside the detention cell at the Batasang Pambansa, where her chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez, was being held then.

Duterte disclosed her plan by saying in Filipino: 鈥淚 told him (the person she contacted) that if I am killed, you kill BBM (Marcos), Liza Araneta, and Martin Romualdez. No joke, no joke.鈥�

鈥淚 left word, ma鈥檃m, that if I am killed, don鈥檛 you stop until you kill them. And then he said, 鈥榶es鈥�.鈥�

Duterte said her response of being in touch with someone to do her bidding was conditional on her being killed first.

鈥淚f they kill me, if I die, in the context of 鈥楧on鈥檛 worry about my security,鈥� so, this means [if] I was killed, right? So, if I am killed, I already asked a person to take revenge against three individuals,鈥� Duterte told reporters. 鈥淪o, my question now to the administration: Is revenge from the grave a crime?鈥�

Reporters asked her to confirm if she indeed contacted someone to kill the President, to which she responded: 鈥淵es.鈥�

鈥淪o, I have to die first. They have to kill me first. So now, they can鈥檛 kill me anymore unless they want to die,鈥� the Vice President said.

Duterte was also careful with her choice of words, saying that she told the person she hired to 鈥渢ake revenge.鈥�

She had earlier insisted that her statement was 鈥渢aken out of its logical context鈥� and questioned why the word 鈥渁ssassin鈥� was brought up.

鈥淭ossing the word 鈥榓ssassin鈥� into this issue makes things even more terrifying鈥攁nd especially because I never used that term during my recent consternation against the Marcos administration,鈥� Duterte explained.

鈥淐ommon sense should be enough for us to understand and accept that a supposed conditional act of revenge does not constitute an active threat. This is a plan without a flesh,鈥� she noted.

DOJ: No such thing

But the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday clarified that there is no legal basis for a 鈥渃onditional threat,鈥� which Sen. Ronald 鈥淏ato鈥� Dela Rosa also used to describe Duterte鈥檚 alleged kill orders.

According to Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres, a threat remains a threat regardless of any condition attached to it as its essence lies in the intent to cause harm.

鈥淭here is no such thing as a conditional threat. A threat is a threat. If I say, 鈥業鈥檒l kill you if I don鈥檛 like your face,鈥� it鈥檚 still a threat,鈥� Andres explained in a Teleradyo interview.

Dela Rosa on Monday defended Duterte鈥檚 kill order against the President, arguing that her statement included a condition.

鈥淭here was a condition in what she said, right? If someone tries to kill her, she said she would have them killed, too 鈥� basically, nothing will happen if she isn鈥檛 harmed,鈥� Dela Rosa told reporters.

鈥淓verything has been heard and can be listened to or watched again in the video. She said it in no uncertain terms, and when she finished speaking, she said, 鈥榊es, it鈥檚 true, no joke.鈥� So it is really a threat to the President, wherein she has already begun executing the threat by engaging the services of an assassin,鈥� Andres explained.

鈥淟et us understand the situation. She is a sitting Vice President. She is the potential beneficiary of the death of the President,鈥� Andres said. 鈥攚ith a report from 黑料社