Sara Duterte skips questioning over alleged threat to kill Philippine President Marcos

Duterte-Carpio, an influential ally of Marcos until their acrimonious fallout earlier this year, was subpoenaed to appear before National Bureau of Investigation to explain remarks during a recent press conference, when she said she had hired a hit man to kill Marcos, his wife and the lower house speaker, in the event that she herself were killed.

The investigation comes as Duterte-Carpio is the subject of impeachment complaints in the lower house for alleged corruption, incompetence and amassing ill-gotten wealth while in office, which she denies.

Duterte-Carpio said she did not expect a fair investigation given what she called “biased pronouncements” from the president and a justice ministry official.

“We believe cases will be filed,” Duterte-Carpio told a press conference on Wednesday. “The worst case scenario we see is removal from office, impeachment, and then piled-up cases which the lawyers already told me to expect as well.”