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Palace declines to comment on Duterte’s Marcos Jr. criticism
Former President Rodrigo Duterte accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of using heroin during a PDP senatorial slate rally.
Duterte suggested that prolonged drug use would cause Marcos Jr. to "go crazy" and be unable to function, a narrative Marcos Jr. has rejected.
The former president also remarked that senators should be killed to make room for the PDP senatorial slate.
Duterte's tirades followed Marcos' jabs at the previous administration's "deadly drug war" while endorsing his own senatorial bets.
Malacañang, through Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez, issued a "no comment" response to Duterte's remarks.
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