The Philippines' embattled vice president on Wednesday accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr of seeking to remove her from office, after the national police filed a formal complaint accusing her of assault and coercion.

The complaints are for allegedly assaulting authorities and disobeying orders in a recent altercation in Congress.

MANILA >> The Philippines’ embattled vice president on Wednesday accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr of seeking to remove her from office, after the national police filed a formal complaint accusing her of assault and coercion.

Philippine authorities handed a subpoena to Vice President Sara Duterte’s office, inviting her to answer investigators’ questions after she publicly threatened to have the president assassinated if she were killed in an unspecified plot herself.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday denied she was plotting to kill President Ferdinand Marcos, saying her comments that sparked a government probe only reflected "consternation" with he

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday described her threat as a criminal plot and vowed to fight it and uphold the rule of law in the country in a looming showdown between the country’s two top leaders.