Rodrigo Duterte camp sought key posts in exchange for Marcos 2022 endorsement – Sandro

KEY POST. Ilocos Norte 1st District Representative Sandro Marcos leads the floor after being elected House majority leader on July 28, 2025.

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House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos claims that the camp of then-president Rodrigo Duterte demanded the right to pick the executive secretary, House speaker, and Senate president under a Marcos Jr. presidency

MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.‘s son, House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos, claimed that the camp of former president Rodrigo Duterte sought control over key posts in exchange for endorsing his father in the 2022 presidential elections.

The younger Marcos shared the story in a rare sit-down interview on Saturday, August 8, with PRTV, a media outlet owned by the company founded by the President’s cousin, former speaker Martin Romualdez.