Marcos downplays impact of Sara Duterte’s Cabinet exit on Uniteam coalition

MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. tried to play down the impact of Vice President Sara Duterte’s exit from his Cabinet on the broad administration coalition that he forged in the past elections.

In his first media interview since Duterte resigned as Department of Education (DepEd) secretary, Marcos insisted the parties that made up the Uniteam remain intact.

“As to the parties involved, pareho pa rin ang Uniteam, hindi pa nagbago,” Marcos said on Thursday, June 27.