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Marcos unfazed by VP Duterte remarks: You can’t force anyone to love you

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had a brief response to Vice President Sara Duterte’s recent claim that there was a plan to attack her, as well as her other derogatory remarks, including calling him a drug addict. — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the eighth meeting of the Private Sector Advisory Council Infrastructure Sector Group at Malacañang on Sept. 9, 2026, where officials and private-sector representatives discussed measures to strengthen infrastructure resilience, improve flood management and water security, and prepare communities for disasters and climate-related risks. (PHOTO FROM PCO)

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had a brief response to Vice President Sara Duterte’s recent claim that there was a plan to attack her, as well as her other derogatory remarks, including calling him a drug addict.

“You know, I hear about them, but I don’t really even have a response. If she feels very angry, I suppose, with what’s happening to her. And I am the target of that anger, or the main target of that anger,” he said at an interview in New Delhi, India, on Sunday.

“What can I do? You cannot force anyone to love you,” he continued.

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Last week, Duterte once again hurled pointed attacks at Marcos in front of her supporters following the postponement of her arraignment before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.

This was for the three counts of grave threats filed against her in relation to an online press conference in November 2024 where she said she had allegedly asked someone to kill Marcos, First Lady Liza Marcos, and presidential cousin and then-House Speaker Martin Romualdez if she was killed.

Duterte said, “He is ungrateful to the people. He is ungrateful to everyone who went to the polls to put him in office. He has no shame.”

“That’s what happens when you’re an addict. You no longer think based on reality,” she added, echoing previous jabs at Marcos claiming he uses drugs.

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Marcos’ former UniTeam partner also said: “Marcos bangag. Marcos sinungaling. Marcos korap (Marcos is high. Marcos is a liar. Marcos is corrupt),” prompting her supporters to chant in response.

Duterte is also facing an ongoing Senate impeachment trial over serious allegations of misconduct, abuse of power, and betrayal of public trust. /jpv

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