Stand aside, this is a fight of two dynasties

GOTCHA | "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

- JARIUS BONDOC

President Bongbong Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta and cousin Speaker Martin Romualdez heeded that Sun Tzu dictum last weekend. They kept silent as VP Sara Duterte livestreamed tirades against them.

Duterte committed error after error. She announced having contacted an assassin to kill the three: "no joke, no joke." Since she would benefit most from the President's death, her threat betrayed power lust.

She condemned Marcos Jr.'s year-round electioneering via cash dole outs. That reminded voters of his and her questioned 2022 vote count.

She accused Araneta of sending her millions of government cash "even if not an official." That raised questions of what she did with the money and why she didn't report to authorities.

She sneered that she can't address Romualdez as "Speaker" because she didn't elect him. Impliedly, majority of Filipinos who didn't vote for her shouldn't respect her either.

Crying politicking, she twitted lawmakers for scrutinizing her "confidential" spending. That spotlighted her refusal to explain P612.5 million that her office paid to aliases in 2022-2023.