Philippine VP accuses president of seeking her removal after police complaint

FILE PHOTO: Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte speaks to the media at the House of Representatives, in Quezon City, Philippines, November 25, 2024. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' embattled vice president on Wednesday accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr of seeking to remove her from office, after the national police filed a formal complaint accusing her of assault and coercion.

In the latest turn in a dramatic fallout between two influential political families, police said Vice President Sara Duterte was involved in recent incidents in the lower house of Congress and at a hospital in which she was responsible for direct assault, disobedience, and grave coercion.