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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte lead the Basic Education Report 2024 at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on January 25, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte lead the Basic Education Report 2024 at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on January 25, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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MARCOS-DUTERTE

Katrina Domingo

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172958381977720240125-bbm-sara-duterte-educ-report-JC-9.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte lead the Basic Education Report 2024 at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on January 25, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte lead the Basic Education Report 2024 at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on January 25, 2024. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday chose not to comment when asked about Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s criticism that &quot;he does not know how to be president.&quot;</div><p>The President stopped to listen to questions during a chance interview, but simply smiled and walked away upon hearing that it was about Duterte&#x27;s recent tirades against him and his family.</p><p>Last week, the Vice President said that the Philippines is &quot;on the road to hell&quot; because Marcos Jr. &quot;does not know how to be president.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/20/political-discourse-feared-to-hit-gutter-as-marcos-duterte-rivalry-escalates-2021">WRAP: Political discourse feared to hit gutter as Marcos-Duterte rivalry escalates</a></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1848619243988009196&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring&amp;sessionId=b47af2e0ea45a5ac2b93b405dad657e914b6f855&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:600px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1848619243988009196"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>The second-in-command earlier said she wanted to pull off Marcos Jr.&#x27;s head after after he refused to give his wristwatch to a graduate who asked for it during an earlier ceremony, and also threatened to exhume the remains of Marcos Jr.&#x27;s father — former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. — from the Libingan ng mga Bayani and throw it into the West Philippine Sea as the feud between the Marcoses and the Dutertes continue to worsen in the run-up to the 2025 midterm elections.</p><p>Duterte&#x27;s disdain for the Marcos family resurfaced last week after President Marcos said in a press conference that he may have been &quot;deceived&quot; by his second in command.</p><p>Marcos Jr. gave that reply when asked to comment on Duterte&#x27;s statement that she does not consider her 2022 elections ally as her friend.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/22/sandro-marcos-mental-clarity-seems-to-be-eluding-sara-duterte-1048">READ: &#x27;Mental clarity seems to be eluding&#x27; Sara Duterte, says Sandro Marcos</a></div><p>While the president chose not to respond, his son on Tuesday broke his silence on Duterte&#x27;s comments.</p><p>Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander &quot;Sandro&quot; Marcos, in a statement, said that &quot;mental clarity seems to be eluding&quot; the country&#x27;s second highest elected official.</p><p>&quot;Going ballistic was perhaps the self-therapy she prescribed for herself. But she crossed the line, leaving the civic and civil space in which disagreements can be rationally argued,&quot; said Rep. Marcos. &quot;As such, I still wish the Vice President well. Ultimately, her success, like the President&#x27;s, will be the success of our nation as a whole.&quot;</p><p>&quot;May she find the peace of mind and mental clarity that seems to be eluding her.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oesA0sB18Io?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WnpBOcT09-o?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday chose not to comment when asked about Vice President Sara Duterte's criticism that "he does not know how to be president."</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday chose not to comment when asked about Vice President Sara Duterte's criticism that "he does not know how to be president."

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Marcos Jr. skirts questions on Sara Duterte's comments on his leadership

Katrina Domingo,

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Published October 22, 2024 03:58 PM PHT

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Updated October 22, 2024 05:36 PM PHT

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