00:00The Vice President's remarks beg for a legal counter or response.
00:04Ad hominem attacks laden with profanities or cuss words that denigrate and defame the people they directly address
00:11are pleading for a lawsuit or appropriate charges.
00:14Thus, the Philippine National Police sees absolutely no reason why cases shouldn't be filed against the Vice President
00:21on her latest rant over the weekend as PTB's Ryan Leziguez tells us more.
00:26The Philippine National Police is investigating what cases can be filed against Vice President Sara Duterte
00:32following her open threats against the lives of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos,
00:38and House Speaker Martin Rumualdez.
00:40The PNP describes the situation as a matter of the highest level of urgency.
00:44Definitely, these words, if uttered by one particular person to another person,
00:50definitely there are some applicable and relevant laws applicable that can be applied to this particular case
00:57regardless of who said it, regardless of who is the target of these words.
01:03But then again, we are just being careful to give the specific as to the possible cases to be filed
01:10against those people who were involved in the incident last Saturday.
01:14PNP Chief Police General Romel Francisco Marbil has also instructed the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group
01:20to investigate Duterte's alleged threats.
01:22The CIDG is coordinating with the Presidential Security Command as part of the investigation.
01:27The investigation centers on whether a hitman was indeed hired by the Vice President
01:32or if her statements were purely hypothetical or figurative.
01:36We will make chronological events of this. We will make the complete records of this.
01:41And then after that, we will analyze and discuss these facts of the case
01:46vis-a-vis the possible laws that will come into play.
01:50Will it be obstruction of justice? Will it be direct assault? Will it be the other penal laws?
01:55While the CIDG leads the investigation, other police units will also assist.
01:59That is really the aim of the PNP.
02:04Because those are the specifics. So we are at that level. That is what we will reach.
02:09Is it true that there was a hitman? Is it true that maybe there was no hitman?
02:13Or maybe that was a figurative speech?
02:17So that is what we will look at.
02:20And we will be including all of those and considering those in our investigation.
02:25The National Security Council has also responded to Duterte's threat,
02:29calling them a national security concern.
02:31The Presidential Security Command has elevated its security protocols
02:34following Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin's directive.
02:37The PSC states that it is now on heightened alert.
02:41The PSC is working with law enforcement agencies to identify, prevent,
02:45and neutralize any threats to the President and his family.
02:49The PSC emphasized that any threat against the President and First Family
02:53will not be taken lightly and is considered a national security issue.
02:57The Palace will also not disregard the Vice President's statements
03:01about hiring an assassin to kill President Marcos should anything happen to her.
03:05The Presidential Communication Office confirms that Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin
03:10has referred the matter to the Presidential Security Command or PSC for appropriate action.
03:15Any threat to the President's life, particularly one openly made,
03:19must be taken seriously. The PCOs trust.
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