Marcos’s Sister Backs VP Duterte as Leader Amid Graft Scandal

Senator Imee Marcos, the estranged sister of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said there’s a void in the nation’s leadership as politicians grapple with a growing corruption scandal and instead is backing his deputy as a potential replacement.

“There is a vacuum at the top,” Imee Marcos said during an interview in her Manila office on Thursday. “And that’s a problem because all sorts of sinister and malignant forces have jumped in to fill that void.”