Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s deputy vows to have him assassinated if she is killed

Vice-president Sara Duterte tells press conference she has given an assassin the instructions, prompting referral from Marcos's office over active threat'

The Philippines' vice-president, Sara Duterte, said on Saturday she would have someone assassinate the president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, if she herself were killed, leading Marcos's office to vow immediate proper action".

In a dramatic sign of a widening rift between the country's two most powerful political families, Duterte told a press conference that she had spoken to an assassin and instructed him to kill Marcos, his wife and the speaker of the Philippine house of representatives if she were to be killed.