The widening rift between the two most powerful political families in the Philippines became public after the Southeast Asian nation's Vice President Sara Duterte said that she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated.

The Philippine Justice Department said on Sunday it was investigating a threat by Vice President Sara Duterte to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she herself was killed. "The matter is now subject to an ongoing investigation,

Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday if she is killed, she has contracted an assassin to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos and House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez.