Under the Philippine penal code, such public remarks may constitute a crime and can be punishable by a jail term and fine.

The president’s security has been boosted after his deputy’s ‘active threat’ that were ‘made so brazenly in public’.

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine security agencies stepped up safety protocols on Saturday after Vice President Sara Duterte said she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself were killed.

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.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos' security detail has been put on alert over what his office is calling an "active threat" against his life by Vice President Sara Duterte, the palace