Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday denied the allegation of Vice President Sara Duterte that he is plotting to kill her, saying it was a "desperate attempt" to divert attention from her office’s questionable use of public funds.

Her remarks about hiring someone to assassinate the First Couple and House Speaker Martin Romualdez has been “maliciously taken out of context,” Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, Nov. 25.

Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday said her murder threat against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was “maliciously taken out of logical context.” Duterte said this in an open letter when she questioned the pronouncement of the National Security Council (NSC) on Sunday that it considers all threats thrown at Marcos “serious and a matter of national security.