The Philippines has been rocked for months by protests against multibillion-dollar corruption involving controversial flood control projects— an issue which President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. called attention to in his State of the Nation speech in July.

Now, however, Marcos’ government faces one of its greatest challenges in quelling public outcry, and his rivals are using the furor against him.

Most recently, the President’s sister, Senator Imee Marcos, who has publicly sided with her own family’s rival political dynasty, the Dutertes, took the opportunity at an anti-corruption rally in Manila on Monday to attack her brother.

“Ever since Bongbong and I were kids, the whole family already knew the problem about him,” Imee Marcos said to around half a million rallygoers. “B

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