The senate races will decide who wins the power struggle between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his VP Sara Duterte.

Even though he is detained in The Hague, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is among the candidates vying for some 18,000 national and local seats in Monday's midterm elections that analysts say will decide if he and his family continue to hold political power.

Voting in the Philippines was underway on Monday in midterm elections that could decide the fate of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, whose feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. comes as the nation grapples with both the global trade war and growing tensions with China.