Sibling alliance collapses in public amid graft uproar

Imee at the residence of her father, Ferdinand Marcos, in San Juan City, the Philippines. On the wall behind her are portraits of her father and mother, Imelda Marcos. — Jes Aznar/The New York Times

THE raucous rally was called by demonstrators to protest one of the biggest corruption scandals in the Philippines.

One of the speakers was President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr’s older sister, who was expected to criticise the plundering of a public works budget under her brother’s watch.