PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s removal of Vice President Sara Duterte and former presidents from membership in the National Security Council (NSC) represents his administration's vengeful egotism that he doesn't care that this action even risks the nation's national security. It is also illegal, as it is beyond the powers of a president to remove as a member of the NSC the vice president, who is specifically ordered to be in that post by the Administrative Code of 1987.
Marcos' move was triggered by the talkative national security adviser Eduardo Año, who last Nov. 23 claimed that the "National Security Council" had condemned Sara's threat that she would have the President killed if she was ordered killed by him.
