Philippine government investigators have filed criminal complaints including sedition against Vice President Sara Duterte over her public threat to have the president assassinated if she herself was killed in an escalating political storm.

It is the conflict between the United States and China that is being fought out in the upcoming election, and the impeachment is the opening salvo.

Philippine government investigators have filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte over her public threat to have the President assassinated if she herself was killed. National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Jaime Santiago said at a news conference that the complaints against Duterte of incitement to sedition and grave threats were filed at the Department of Justice,

The Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation has recommended filing criminal charges against Vice President Sara Duterte over an alleged threat to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and others,

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) recommended the filing of criminal charges against Vice President Sara Duterte. The NBI said on Wednesday that it found "sufficient evidence" to charge Duterte with grave threats and inciting to sedition,