Sara Duterte: Philippines' political feud takes a dramatic turn
The powerful Marcos-Duterte alliance has spectacularly unravelled in the Philippines.
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But then this is the Philippines, where politics and melodrama go hand in hand.
"I have talked to a person,” Vice-president Sara Duterte said on her Facebook page last weekend. “I said, if I get killed, go kill BBM [President Marcos], [First Lady] Liza Araneta, and [House Speaker] Martin Romualdez. No joke. No joke. I said, do not stop until you kill them, and then he said yes."
Last month she told reporters her relationship with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos had become toxic, and she dreamed of cutting off his head.
She also threatened to dig up the body of the president’s father from the Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila and dump the ashes in the sea.
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