The statement of Vice President Sara Duterte that she hired an assassin to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is an “active threat,” Malacañang said Friday. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a statement Saturday that Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has referred the matter to the Presidential Security Command “for immediate proper action.

The party of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), has expressed concern regarding the statement made by Vice President Sara Duterte that she has ordered the President and the First Lady to be assassinated if something bad happens to her.

Sara Duterte's assassination remarks against Marcos was decribed by Senate President Chiz escudero as deeply concerning.