Looming showdown? Proxy war exposes cracks in Marcos-Duterte alliance

MANILA – When political juggernauts Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte

joined forces in the 2022 Philippine elections,

it was a clear recipe for success.

The power duo, heirs of two strongman presidents and scions of well-entrenched dynastic clans,

pulled off the biggest electoral win

for the country’s two highest posts in nearly four decades.