The Philippine Vice President, Leni Robredo resigned her Cabinet post today after citing irreconcilable differences with President Rodrigo Duterte, who had banned her from attending Cabinet meetings, in a new political dilemma for the leader. <br/><br/>Robredo, who stepped down as Housing Secretary but will stay on as Vice President, spoke of major differences in principles and values with the brash-talking President and a plot to remove her from the Vice Presidency. Duterte accepted her resignation with a heavy heart and immediately named a replacement.<br/><br/>Robredo is the second official to resign from Duterte's administration in less than a week. Maria Serena Diokno quit<br/>as head of the government's historical commission last Tuesday<br/>to protest Duterte's decision to allow Marcos' November 18 burial in the cemetery.
News On AIR | December 5, 2016 7:25 PM
Philippine Vice President quits Cabinet