The alliance between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte disintegrated this week when they accused each other of using drugs - a rift that could threaten Marcos's reform agenda and risk fuelling instability. The alliance between two of the Philippines' most influential families that swept Marcos and Duterte's daughter, Sara, into power in 2022, was always expected to collapse, but analysts are surprised by how soon the gloves have come off. "This is a point of no return," said Jean Encinas-Franco, a political science professor at the University of the Philippines, pointing to the ferocity of the exchanges between the two families.
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Marcos, his widow was seen going to the polls, of course, imelda marcos, famous for her shoe collection which became a symbol of construction allegations on a massive scale that the marcos dynasty was implicated in. he s running against the vice president, outgoing vice president here, lennie robredo, who is a lawyer who has been campaigning on transparency and democracy. these two politicians ran head to head in the 2016 election for vice president. she beat bongbong marcos, jr. there are a couple hours left before the polls are expected to close. we ll see who wins this time. a big turnout. ivan, thank you very much for joining us from hong kong. the nbf plaintiffs are kicking into high gear. dallas mavericks with 23 pointers against the phoenix suns. two games apiece.
The Philippines is bracing for an important presidential election, Richard Heydarian discusses what a return of the Marcos Dynasty could mean, and more.