Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte quits Marcos Jnr’s cabinet in further sign of rift
- Analysts say the move is ‘long overdue’ and signals that the Duterte family is ready to ‘go all out’ in its feud with Marcos Jnr
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio has officially resigned from her positions in the government of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, ending months of speculation about the state of their fraying political alliance.
After months of increasingly combative interactions between their two politically powerful clans, analysts say her resignations signal that the family of former president Rodrigo Duterte is ready to “go all out” in its political feud with the Marcos family.
Duterte-Carpio’s resignations from her positions as secretary of the Department of Education and vice-chairman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict were announced in a brief statement issued by the presidential palace on Wednesday.
The statement simply said, “She declined to give a reason why. She will continue to serve as Vice-President.”
Following the palace statement, Duterte-Carpio held a press conference where she extolled her accomplishments as education secretary – such as improving the basic education infrastructure, launching a new curriculum, and improving teachers’ welfare – but gave no specific reason for stepping down from her roles.