Despite the "assassination" remarks made against her brother by Vice President Sara Duterte, Sen. Imee Marcos visited the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City on Sunday, November 24, where the Office of the Vice President chief of staff is staying.

The statement of Vice President Sara Duterte that she hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is an “active threat,” Malacañang said Friday. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a statement Saturday that Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has referred the matter to the Presidential Security Command “for immediate proper action.

Vice President Sara Duterte clarified on Saturday that her statement that she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Speaker Martin Romualdez, and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos assassinated if she were killed was not a threat.

The ‘active threat’ has been referred to the Presidential Security Command for ‘immediate proper action’ following her warning.

Sara Duterte accused Bongbong Marcos of incompetence and said she has contracted an assassin to kill him if she herself is killed.

Threats made by Sara Duterte against President Marcos has been referred to the Presidential Security Command for immediate proper action.

The statement of Vice President Sara Duterte that she hired a person to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is an “active threat,” Malacañang said

Leila de Lima criticized Vice President Sara Duterte for threatening to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during “a mega meltdown.” On microblogging platform X, the former senator likewise branded Duterte’s pronouncements as part of a “political drama staged by the OVP to divert the issue from its plunder of confidential funds.