MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine vice president resigned her Cabinet post Monday after citing irreconcilable differences with President Rodrigo Duterte, who had banned her from attending Cabinet meetings, in a new political dilemma for the leader.
Leni Robredo, who stepped down as housing secretary but will stay on as vice president, spoke of “major differences in principles and values” with the brash-talking president and a plot to remove her from the vice presidency. Duterte accepted her resignation “with a heavy heart” and immediately named a replacement.
In the Philippines, presidents and vice presidents are elected separately and often come from rival political parties, like Duterte and Robredo.
More details in Tuesday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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