Sara Duterte: 'I can hire a gunman for P5K' to illustrate gun violence in PH
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, speaking in The Hague, Netherlands, cited a hypothetical scenario of hiring a hitman for P5,000 to illustrate the prevalence of gun violence in the Philippines. She argued that not all alleged victims in the ICC's case against former President Rodrigo Duterte were necessarily casualties of the drug war, suggesting other motives like crimes of passion or robbery.
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