Marcos’ sister says Philippines faces leadership ‘vacuum’ in new jab at president
Imee Marcos said they ‘kind of boxed me out’ when she raised her brother’s alleged cocaine addiction with the family
“There is a vacuum at the top,” Imee Marcos said during an interview in her Manila office on Thursday. “And that’s a problem because all sorts of sinister and malignant forces have jumped in to fill that void.”
Asked how she would know about her brother’s alleged drug problem, Imee said she still receives reports from her sibling’s friends, doctors, presidential security and long-time family staff. “For some reason, I suppose because I’m the eldest, they still report to me,” she said.
A representative from the president’s office pushed back on Imee’s comments, saying the president had “already addressed this drug-related concern with a medical certificate that indicated a negative drug-use test result”.