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Philippines, Manila—For more than two weeks, since his former running mate’s contentious news conference, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been silent in response to Vice President Sara Duterte’s divisive accusations about him and his family.
On Friday, November 1, Marcos went to the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City to see his father, former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
Reporters questioned Duterte on his comments regarding the exhumation of his father’s remains for disposal in the West Philippine Sea, and he responded, “I’d rather not.”
The president has once again declined to address Duterte’s recent combative remarks during her October 18 news conference. Duterte aired his complaints against the administration and Marcos’ alleged incompetence to lead the nation for around two hours at the unstructured news conference.
Duterte recalled warning Sen. Imee Marcos during that conference that if political assaults against her persisted, she would “exhume” the late dictator’s bones and dispose of them in the West Philippine Sea.
Additionally, Duterte disclosed that she had previously considered “cutting off his head” in response to Marcos’ alleged humiliation of a pupil who requested his watch as a graduation present earlier this year. She even went so far as to state outright that Marcos “doesn’t know how to be a president.”
Marcos only smiled in response to questions regarding his remarks during the October 22 anniversary celebration of the Philippine Coast Guard.
Supporters of the administration have criticized Duterte for his unusual public attacks. Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel called her remarks “unusual” for the nation’s second-highest official, while Senate President Chiz Escudero branded them “unbecoming.”
After Congress rejected Duterte’s request for confidential money in 2023, public squabbling between the camps of the nation’s two top leaders, who campaigned in the 2022 elections under the phenomenally popular UniTeam coalition, intensified.
