It is very clear now that the temporary political alliance between the Dutertes and Marcoses are at an end. It is over and done with. What remains as a result of that coalition is that we have an elected President from the camp of the Marcoses and there is an elected Vice President from the camp of the Dutertes. It may be asked if there is anything
worth saving in that political union and the consensus seems to be that the time and opportunity to mend and repair
the situation has come and gone and that both parties are better off being apart from each other.
Now the big question is who lost in that severance of political bond, is it the Marcoses or the Dutertes? Here we have to understand that the pact made by Vice President Sarah Duterte and President Bongbong Marcos was simply a joining of forces with the aim of gaining the two highest elected positions in the land. This has promises and commitments that were made to cement and in furtherance of that political union are now probably obsolete
considering developments in the ambition of their other allies and relatives who would also seek to be elected in the positions now being enjoyed by President Marcos and Vice President Duterte.
For VP Sarah falling out of favor from the President and his allies has opened a slew of accusations levelled against her and notwithstanding her being the second highest official of the land she no longer enjoys the comfort and protection afforded to her by the present administration. And truth be told that because the alliance has been severed she no longer holds any sway or influence in the present administration, and her competitors for the
presidency in the next elections on 2028 are already ganging up on her to make sure that she also falls out of favor from the voters at large.
If the congressional investigation on the budget of the Office of the Vice President and the eventual decision to slash that budget for 2025 to a meager 733.2 million from the original 2.02 billion is any indication the administration
lawmakers and their allies are eager in pulling out all the stops in order to emasculate Sarah and her political ambitions and thus relegate her office and position into irrelevancy.
To be sure Vice President Duterte can still count on her supporters especially those in Davao but with the way she is now being unceremoniously eased out of power and influence she can only hope that the presidential elections should have been held sooner rather than later, but with 3 more years to go this is more than enough time for her detractors and competitors for the presidency to further whittle down her popularity and influence.
While the Vice President still presents herself as very assertive and combative, continuing assail the President of the Republic will only reveal how desperate she has become knowing that she had lost more from her alliance with President Bongbong Marcos than she cared to admit. Finally becoming a pariah from the present administration will likewise diminish her access to relevant and vital information that she might need to further her ambition to become the next president of the Republic.
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