Philippine VP Sara charged over Marcos assassination threat

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio was hit with a criminal charge on Tuesday over an alleged death threat against the country’s president, a key part of the case against her at her ongoing Senate impeachment trial.The charge of “grave threats” was filed on Tuesday afternoon in a Quezon City courtroom, Department of Justice spokesman Polo Martinez said.It stems from a National Bureau of Investigation criminal complaint filed in February 2025, months after a late-night news briefing in which Duterte claimed to have hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, his wife and a former congressman cousin should he have her cut down first.A worker carries boxes labelled “Confidential Funds” containing documents presented during the impeachment trial of Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio in Metro Manila, Philippines, on August 3. Photo: APLawyers for Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday argued the case could not be pursued while she was being impeached.