Brawner: It’s not true that I will take over VP Duterte’s security group

Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. | INQUIRER.net / Ryan Leagogo

MANILA, Philippines — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. on Wednesday denied reports that he is taking over the security group of Vice President Sara Duterte.

“Hindi po totoo na I will take over the VPSPG (Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group). It is still under the Presidential Security Command,” Brawner told reporters in an ambush interview.

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The statement comes amid Duterte’s revelation that she talked with a person whom she supposedly instructed to kill Marcos, his wife First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, if she would get killed.