Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte resigning from posts in Marcos’ Cabinet as alliance flounders

Published June 19, 2024 9:14 AM

By JIM GOMEZ
Associated Press

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte is resigning as education secretary and head of an anti-insurgency body in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s Cabinet as their whirlwind political alliance unravels. Duterte remains vice president. The communications secretary said Wednesday that Marcos accepted Duterte’s resignation from the other posts, which take effect next month. She did not cite reasons but her resignation follows open political hostilities between her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and Marcos. Sara Duterte and Marcos have clashed over efforts to arrest a religious leader accused of child abuses and Manila’s handling of escalating territorial disputes with Beijing.

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