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Philippines agency recommends charging VP Sara Duterte over alleged plot

Vice President Sara Duterte, left, raises the arm of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, right, during their inauguration ceremony at the National Museum in Manila, the Philippines, on June 30, 2022 [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters]

The Philippines’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has recommended that criminal charges be filed against Vice President Sara Duterte over allegations she threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated.

“We have finally recommended the filing of inciting to sedition and grave threats against the vice president,” NBI Director Jaime Santiago said in a radio interview with DZBB on Wednesday.

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