Philippine vice president Sara Duterte on Wednesday played down the criminal complaints, allegations and potential lawsuits that had been made against her.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte faces legal complaints from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and claims a conspiracy to oust her. The fallout arises from strained ties between the Marcos and Duterte families.

The complaints are for allegedly assaulting authorities and disobeying orders in a recent altercation in Congress.

The intensifying feud between the Marcos and Duterte camps begins to reshape Philippine politics ahead of the next presidential election.

A simmering monthslong feud between the president and vice-president of Philippines, each part of separate political dynasties, erupted over the weekend with an apparent public death threat.For good measure on Monday,

Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday that she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the speaker of the House of Representatives.

A major political storm set off by a bitter feud between the Philippine president and the vice president is testing an Asian democracy that has long been troubled by rowdy politics, poor law enforceme

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte publicly threatened the life of the country’s president on Nov. 23. Under the Philippine penal code, such public remarks may constitute a crime and is punishable by a jail term and fine.

Philippine Police said on Wednesday they had filed a formal complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte and several of her security detail over a recent incident at the lower house of Congress. The complaint is for direct assault,

Philippine police officials have filed criminal complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security staff for allegedly assaulting authorities and disobeying orders in a recent altercation in Congress.