Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Friday that she had “irrevocably” resigned from the country’s ruling party, where she served as the chairperson, lamenting “execrable political powerplay.”
Her resignation from the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) Party took effect on the same day.
In her statement, Duterte did not explicitly state the reason behind her decision but reaffirmed that her commitment to serving the people under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s leadership is “immutable.”
“I am here today because of the trust of the Filipino people in me to lead and serve them and the country, and this cannot be poisoned by political toxicity or undermined by execrable political powerplay,” she wrote….