Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday if she is killed, she has contracted an assassin to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos and House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez.

The Philippine Justice Department said on Sunday it was investigating a threat by Vice President Sara Duterte to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself was killed. "The matter is now subject to an ongoing investigation,

Philippine vice president Sara Duterte sparked a political row by claiming she had hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos, and house speaker Martin Romualdez if she were ever assassinated.