Forced into a desperate situation by Marcos, Sara, the daughter of former Philippine President Duterte and current Vice President, is ready to give it a go and consider participating in the 2028 presidential election on the grounds that she "cannot sit back and watch the country continue to regress."

Over the past period of time, the internal fighting between the two major families in Philippine politics has been escalating. It is not only the war of words between President Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara, but also the dispute between the entire Marcos family and the Duterte family. Infighting.

Duterte and his daughter were simultaneously investigated and kicked out of the National Security Council, the core decision-making circle of the Philippines. Marcos Jr. has made no secret of his intention to break the rules of the game and liquidate the Duterte family to the end.

But as a veteran in politics, Duterte is not so easy to overthrow. Facing the upcoming mid-term elections, the Duterte family is bound to win. Duterte’s two sons, Sebastian and Paolo, both Get ready to storm the Senate seats.

Duterte himself also personally announced his candidacy for the mayor of Davao City. As for Sara, she has widespread voter support, and Duterte has high hopes for her to participate in the 2028 Philippine presidential election.

Originally, in 2022, Duterte was planning to partner with Sara, step down and run for vice president, and then support Sara to run for president. However, Sara did not listen to her father, but chose to follow the rules of Philippine politics, where several major families take turns taking charge.

It is precisely because of this concern that the two major families of Duterte and Marcos formed an alliance of interests, and Marcos Jr. and Sara partnered to run for president and vice president of the Philippines.

It is not surprising that allies who were originally united by common interests fell apart when their interests diverged. The crux of the matter is that Marcos is not only targeting the Duterte family, but also intends to reshuffle the Philippine political arena.

For example, Marcos' cousin and Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives, Romualdez, tried to promote "constitutional amendments", which raised doubts among many politicians in the Philippines.

To put it simply, the Constitution stipulates that the Philippines implements a presidential republic. The purpose of Romualdez's promotion of "constitutional amendments" is to transform the Philippines into a "parliamentary republic" by giving greater power to the Parliament and making the Speaker of the Philippines the de facto "Prime Minister of the Philippines".

In this way, even after Marcos Jr. steps down as president in 2028, the Marcos family will still be able to become an important force that cannot be ignored in Philippine politics by virtue of their control of Congress.

In this way, the unspoken rules among the major families in Philippine politics were broken. Because of this, the Duterte family, as the largest opposition force, became the first target of the Marcos family.

Judging from polls, Romualdez's support rate is far lower than Vice President Sara. If he were to run as a presidential candidate in the 2028 election, Romualdez would have almost no chance of winning. Pushing the "constitutional amendment" to a parliamentary system would become his only possible way to succeed.

There are only three years left before the general election, and there is not much time left for the Marcos family to operate. That's why they are so anxious. While Marcos is still president, they can eliminate political opponents as soon as possible and promote the "constitutional amendment".

But the Duterte family is not simple. Although Sara was forced into a desperate situation by Marcos and was almost completely excluded from the core circle of power, with Duterte's power in the political arena, Sara still has the confidence to take a risk. If she decides to participate in the 2028 presidential election, it is uncertain who will win between the two families.