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.

Philippine police officials on Wednesday 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.

The Philippine police filed a complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte and her security detail over an alleged assault, prompting her to claim she is being persecuted and that her relations with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

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

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos says impeaching the vice president, who is facing a legal storm after publicly threatening to have him killed, would be a waste of time for Congress.

Government officials were probing Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte after she said she had instructed someone to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. if she were killed. Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday failed to heed a subpoena over statements where she publicly claimed to have told someone to assassinate