Philippines’ first lady Liza Marcos breaks 2-year silence on ties with vice-president Sara Duterte: ‘I felt hurt’
- The first lady’s comments come after the president on Monday said his relationship with his vice-president was ‘complicated’ and ‘hasn’t really changed’
- Her words may have brought Duterte-Marcos tensions to a head, analysts say
![First lady Louise Araneta-Marcos chats during the presidential proclamation at the House of Representatives. In an interview, the first lady says she was “always kind to [the vice-president]” but the vice-president was “now a bad shot with me”. Photo: AFP](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1020x680/public/d8/images/canvas/2024/04/18/f15135bf-9c58-48bf-92d0-f130f14fb9d0_d23f9593.jpg?itok=sK66LYLx&v=1713444001)
A video of Philippine first lady Marie Louise “Liza” Araneta Marcos saying her relationship with Vice-President Sara Duterte has soured went viral on Thursday, likely pushing tensions between the president and his vice-president to a head, analysts said.
In a video of an interview with local broadcast journalist Anthony Taberna, the first lady said she was “always kind to [the vice-president]” but the vice-president was “now a bad shot with me”.
The first lady said the vice-president had hurt her emotionally, saying “I felt hurt”.
“[The vice-president] went to a rally where [Marcos Jnr] was mocked as ‘bangag’ (Tagalog for a drug-addled person),” she said, referring to the March 12 rally organised by supporters of the former president, where the vice-president “laughed”.
The 28-second video clip posted by Taberna is part of an extended interview in which the first lady broke two years of silence on her relationship with the vice-president since her husband took office.
The entire interview has yet to be released but supporters of the president expect more pushback by the first lady against her political enemies.