Marcos, Duterte trade threats over assassination claims, NBI subpoena

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to fight back against Vice President Sara Duterte's assassination threats and accused her of diverting attention from congressional inquiries into her use of confidential funds.

Duterte escalated tensions further by claiming that the Marcos family was behind former opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr.'s murder, prompting massive condemnation and law enforcement investigations.

In a recent press briefing, Duterte decried the supposed 'oppression' by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration as she raised concerns over her own safety and the possibility of the government using terrorism-related charges against her.

Duterte clarified that her remarks about arranging to have Marcos killed if she were assassinated were 'taken out of logical context', stating there is no active threat against Marcos as long as she is alive.

The National Bureau of Investigation served a subpoena to Duterte following her controversial statement, indicating it as a matter of national security and subjecting her to formal questioning about her remarks, while the Vice President likened her situation to what happened to expelled congressman Arnolfo 'Arnie' Teves, Jr., suggesting that the administration has a playbook for using the Anti-Terrorism Act.