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Palace rejects anew Sara Duterte’s call for Marcos drug test
Malacañang, through Undersecretary Claire Castro, has rejected Vice President Sara Duterte's challenge for President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to undergo a hair follicle drug test.
Castro recalled that a similar challenge against former President Rodrigo Duterte during his term was met with the response that the President cannot be compelled to take a drug test.
She questioned if the Vice President had also asked her father to undergo a drug test.
This exchange follows VP Duterte's statement that government officials should not refuse requests for drug tests or other competency assessments.
In August 2018, then-presidential spokesperson Harry Roque declined former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's challenge for Duterte and his family to undergo drug testing.
The former President had previously admitted to using marijuana, a remark he later retracted, and fentanyl for a spinal injury.
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