Former National Bureau of Investigation Director Jaime Santiago — File photo / Screengrab from RTVM
MANILA, Philippines — Former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Jaime Santiago said the so-called “Operation Romanov” is a plot to supposedly eliminate the Marcos family — not Vice President Sara Duterte.
Santiago was NBI director when Duterte held an online press conference in November 2024, where she supposedly said that she already contacted an individual to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez should she be killed first. He served as the leader of the bureau from June 2024 to January 2025.