Manila 2nd district Rep. Rolando Valeriano (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN)

Manila 2nd district Rep. Rolando Valeriano says it's possible that a mere assassination attempt on Vice President Sara Duterte could put into motion the alleged kill order she made on President Marcos.

But the big question is, will a fake assassination attempt be carried out just to trigger such kill order?

"She is not a champion of the masses. She, like her father, has made public that she is  willing to kill, kill the President, the First Lady, the Speaker of the House, and others," Valeriano said of Vice President Duterte.

"All she probably needs to do now is stage an assassination attempt on herself, so that her orders to kill the President will be carried out," Valeriano noted, as he raised a rather dreadful and worrisome scenario.

Over the weekend--amid her apparent anger over how the House of Representatives treated her chief-of-staff, Zuleika Lopez--Duterte bared in a press conference that she had tapped someone to target President Marcos, Speaker Martin Romualdez, and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos in the event that she herself gets slain.

Several ranking House members have called on authorities to investigate Duterte’s statements.

However, Valeriano would rather see law enforcers take the Vice President "into custody".

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"The time for parliamentary courtesy is over. It is now time for the police to enforce the law and take her into custody for crimes against public order, the Filipino people, and the Constitution," said the member of the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.

The good government panel has been holding hearings on the alleged misuse of P612.5 million confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) under Vice President Duterte. 

The committee launched the investigation by virtue of a scathing privilege speech from Valeriano wherein he raised allegations of public funds misuse.