Vice President Sara Duterte has made incendiary accusations against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, alleging corruption and even ordering assassinations. Duterte's claims, made while defending her chief of staff from scrutiny over questionable spending of confidential funds, appear baseless and have escalated tensions within the government.
By disclosing her order for the assassination of the first couple and the House speaker and accusing them of corruption without presenting any proof, Vice President Sara Duterte is digging her own grave deeper, so to speak.Appearing like a woman scorned, Duterte hurled not only expletives but also serious accusations and death threats at President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
, first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez in the course of shielding her chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez, from questions on the questionable spending of P612.5 million in confidential funds by her office in 2022 and 2023.As a lawyer, the vice president should be aware that her disclosure about the 'millions ' supposedly from the first lady and which she, in turn, gave to the Department of Education (DepEd) makes her a party to the alleged corruption.'Liza Marcos, naalala mo nagpadala ka sa akin ng video. Sinabihan mo ako saan kukunin ang pera. Pinakita mo ang mukha ng tao. Doon sa video message mo you sent me written instructions about money.... millions a month. Ano'ng nakalagay du'n sa envelope? DepEd. Ano'ng ginawa ko? Binigay ko sa DepEd. P*ina, wala ka ngang posisyon sa gobyerno namimigay ka ng pera ng gobyerno, eh ,' the visibly furious vice president said in a virtual conference with reporters and pro-Duterte vloggers early morning of Saturday.The vice president was insinuating that the P50,000 former undersecretary Gloria Mercado received from February to September 2023 from her through assistant secretary Sunshine Fajarda, as well as the 'minimal amount' of P25,000 for DepEd chief accountant Rhunna Catalan and the P12,500 to P15,000 for director and lawyer Resty Osias came from the first lady.With her serious allegations against the Marcos couple and the speaker, Duterte gave more reason for the Congress to summon her and tell all about it and show evidence to prove her claims. Better yet, if she has the goods on them, file appropriate charges in cour
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