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The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated (apnews.com)

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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke.

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[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She's Rodrigo Dueterte's daughter. I guess that whole family is fucked up

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 8 hours ago

Probably just many of them. There's usually some kids that fucking hate their family

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 day ago

I don’t mean to make this about the US, but it’s nice to know that the world is full of idiots voting against their best interests.

[president Marcos] is the second child and only son of 10th president, kleptocrat and dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Reverse "Hang Mike Pence" situation eh?

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Sounds like what someone would say when they have done nothing

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

That's pretty divisive/dysfunctional. Marcos is definitely in CIA corruption pocket. There is a key conditionality in her threat that she is accusing Marcos/allies of being behind threats against her, and the threat is a "dead man switch"