Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:504px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744624350528Screen Shot 2025-04-14 at 5.52.12 PM.png" style="width:504px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President Sara Duterte endorses Sen. Imee Marcos&#x27; reelection bid. From Sen. Marcos&#x27; Facebook</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE) — Vice President Sara Duterte has endorsed the reelection bid of Sen. Imee Marcos following her falling out with brother President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. that saw her leaving the administration slate. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/26/imee-marcos-says-leaving-alyansa-over-differences-over-duterte-arrest-1354">Imee Marcos says leaving Alyansa over differences on Duterte arrest</a></div><p>In a video posted on Sen. Marcos&#x27; Facebook page on Monday, the senator and Duterte were seen together wearing black to &quot;mourn&quot; the state of the country &quot;burdened by crime and hunger.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Itim ngayon ang kulay ng bansa. Sa gutom at krimen naglukuksa,&quot; Duterte said.</p><p>(The color of the country right now is black because we are mourning the proliferation of crime and hunger.)</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/11/rodrigo-duterte-and-icc-from-years-long-probe-to-unexpected-arrest-1927">Rodrigo Duterte and ICC: From years-long probe to &#x27;unexpected&#x27; arrest</a></div><p>&quot;Gutom na ang sikmura, gutom pa sa hustisya. Ginigipit ang hindi kaalyansa,&quot; Sen. Marcos then said, an apparent reference to the administration&#x27;s &quot;Alyansa Para Sa Bagong Pilipinas.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/22/marcos-jr-campaigns-for-only-11-senatorial-bets-in-alyansa-pitch-2222">Marcos Jr. campaigns for only 11 senatorial bets in Alyansa pitch in Laguna</a></div><p>(We&#x27;re not just starving for food, we&#x27;re also being deprived of justice. Those who are not part of the alliance are being harassed.)</p><p>Duterte then urged the public to &quot;vote for Sen. Imee.&quot;</p><p>Sen. Marcos and her brother had been at odds over their conflicting stance on the March 11 arrest and transfer of former President Rodrigo Duterte to the custody of International Criminal Court (ICC), where he faces allegations of crimes against humanity over his brutal drug war. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/20/-so-walang-red-notice-imee-questions-interpol-request-that-led-to-duterte-arrest-1408">&#x27;So walang Red Notice?&#x27;: Imee questions Interpol request that led to Duterte arrest</a></div><p>Sen. Marcos left Alyansa last month after launching a Senate investigation into the matter.</p><p>The issue on Duterte&#x27;s arrest was among the reasons cited by <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/11/go-keeps-top-spot-salvador-bam-marcoleta-enter-probable-winners-list-pulse-1142">Pulse Asia</a> as to why his allies such as senators Bong Go and Bato dela Rosa were currently gaining numbers in last month&#x27;s survey.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><strong><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/WmIGpLrnE0Y?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><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/WYd5WP6NXMw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Vice President Sara Duterte has endorsed the reelection bid of Sen. Imee Marcos following her falling out with brother President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.</p>

Vice President Sara Duterte has endorsed the reelection bid of Sen. Imee Marcos following her falling out with brother President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.

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Sara Duterte endorses Imee Marcos' Senate reelection bid

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Apr 14, 2025 06:03 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 14, 2025 06:47 PM PHT

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