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As Sara Duterte backs Imee Marcos, will it sway Philippine Senate elections?

Philippine Senator Imee Marcos has broken publicly with her brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr , in a striking political ad released ahead of next month's Senate election. The move, analysts say, is aimed at reviving her flagging re-election campaign by tapping the enduring popularity of former president Rodrigo Duterte and his family. Advertisement The 31-second ad, aired on Monday, features Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio – daughter of the former president and one of the president's chief political rivals – endorsing Imee's re-election bid for the first time. In the ad titled ITIM – the Filipino word for black and an acronym for 'Inday Trusts Imee Marcos' – both women are dressed in black, which Duterte-Carpio says is now 'the colour of the nation while mourning over hunger and criminality'. Duterte-Carpio is popularly known as 'Inday', a Visayan term of endearment often used in central and southern Philippines , where her family has deep roots. 'Starving for food and for justice. Oppressing non-allies,' Imee adds, in a clear rebuke of her brother's administration – particularly its treatment of Duterte, who was extradited to The Hague last month to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte arrives to address the people gathering outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague on March 14. Photo: AFP