President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has removed Vice President Sara Duterte from the National Security Council (NSC), further diminishing if not totally eclipsing her role in his administration following a bitter rift between the two former allies.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer sit on the National Security Council after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed an order removing her office from the agency, following a bitter split between the two former allies last year.

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. has reorganized the National Security Council, removing the Vice President and past presidents in its composition.

Under EO 81, two Dutertes are no longer members of the NSC – Vice President Sara Duterte and her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte

MANILA (Reuters) -- Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer sit on the National Security Council after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed an order removing her office from the agency, following a bitter split between the two former allies last year.