PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has plans to execute him.
This was revealed in a speech delivered before the Filipino community in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday evening.
"That's the situation. They say, the CIA is planning to kill me," Duterte said.
Saying that he still could not believe that he was the President, Duterte jokingly asked the CIA to allow him first to realize that he was the top government official in the country.
“Until now, I cannot believe that I am the [President]. Give me the chance to think [and realize that I am the] President,” he said.
Earlier reports said that there were alleged plan to assassinate Duterte.
Based on the testimony by Wilford Palma, who was arrested by the authorities over smuggled gun parts from the United States, one of their regular customers had told them about the assassination plot against the President
Unfazed by death threats, Duterte said he is willing to put his life at stake as he is committed to fulfill his mandate to serve the Filipino people.
However, Duterte in his speeches is consistently asking the government forces to continue the bloody war against drugs, should he die while he is still the country’s leader.
SOURCE. SUNSTAR
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