Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr needs to deliver a “two-punch blow” against his deputy Sara Duterte-Carpio to defuse a rapidly unfolding political crisis, according to observers. The comments came as tensions between the Marcos and Duterte camps hit new heights over the past week,

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte said her feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had reached a “point of no return” after police filed an assault complaint against her and some of her staff.

Duterte accuses the administration of twisting her words to create a false narrative that Marcos’s life was under active threat, and says her remarks were a ‘conditional act of revenge’