Manila, Sept. 4 -- Malacanang on Thursday dismissed as a mere "wild imagination" the insinuations that the Marcos administration is hatching a plan to jail Vice President Sara Duterte and her allies before the 2028 presidential race.

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Duterte and her political allies, including Senator Imee Marcos, need not worry because there is no such plan.

"They are just creations of fertile and wild imagination," Castro said.

Duterte earlier said the Marcos administration seems to be "orchestrating something behind the scenes," while the public attention is focused on the ongoing investigation into questionable flood control projects.

Imee, on the other hand, claimed that a new strategy was adopted to "get r...