Agot Isidro (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (center) and Direk Erik Matti | Image: Instagram, @agotisidro/X/Facebook, Erik Matti
Actress Agot Isidro and director Erik Matti have joined the conversation reacting to Vice President Sara Duterte’s “kill order” against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez — a public threat that generated buzz domestically and globally.
Isidro, who’s known for being vocal about her political stance, seemingly weighed in on Duterte’s viral video, saying that the voters appeared to have been scammed given the recent events.
“Just saw the video. The voters really got scammed. To those who voted for the right, raise your hand,” she remarked.
Isidro openly campaigned for former Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Francis Pangilinan during the 2022 presidential elections. The actress also previously called out Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa after the latter admitted being biased toward former president Rodrigo Duterte’s ABS-CBN franchise renewal issue in 2020.
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‘New series to watch out for’
Meanwhile, Matti humored himself by recounting the events involving Duterte, specifically the “active threat” she made against Marcos Jr., describing it as a “series” to watch out for.
“Yung akala natin pababa na ang thrill ng Quad Comm, biglang naglaunch naman ng spin-off ng multi-verse ng bansang Pinas tungkol sa OVP confidential fund. Umaatikabo sa araw ng sabado ang mga nangyari kaninang madaling araw! May sinugod sa ospital. Pinatayan ng ilaw. Nagmura. May ililipat sa women’s correctional. May ipapa-assassinate! The works! Nandiyan lahat ng kahindik hindik na elements ng teleserye!!! New series to watch out for. Premieres Monday,” he captioned his post alongside a screengrab of Duterte’s early morning video on Saturday.
(Just when we thought the thrill of Quad Comm was going down, suddenly a spin-off of the multi-verse of the Philippines was launched about the OVP confidential fund. What happened early this morning on Saturday, someone was rushed to the hospital, the light was turned off, someone cursed. Someone will be transferred to women’s correctional. Someone will be assassinated! The works! All the sensational elements of the teleserye are there!!! New series to watch out for. Premieres monday.)
On Saturday morning, Duterte held an online press conference where she said that if she were to be killed, she had already commissioned someone to assassinate Marcos and the First Lady, and his cousin, Romualdez. She added that this order was “no joke.”
Duterte is currently facing an investigation before the House of Representatives over her office’s spending of her confidential funds. She eventually decided to spend the night at the Batasang Pambansa complex, in the office of her brother, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte,” to “protect her staff.”