Sen. Imee leaves Marcos-backed Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas

Senator Imee Marcos announced on Wednesday, March 26, her withdrawal from the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas, a political alliance supported by President Marcos' administration.

- DHEL NAZARIO

"I cannot stand on the same campaign platform as the rest of the Alyansa. As I have stated from the outset of the election period, I will continue to maintain my independence," she said in a statement.

In her decision to withdraw, she stated that repeatedly invoking executive privilege and the sub judice rule during the Senate's hearing into the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte last week, the government witnesses "appeared to be hiding essential facts."

"Beyond their constant narrative that the Philippines was simply complying with its international commitments, a deliberate effort to obscure the truth only gave rise to ever greater suspicion that the Constitution may have been disregarded and our sovereignty diminished by the arrest of former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte," she said.