BY ALEX ALAGON
VICE PRESIDENT Sara Duterte strongly criticized the current state of the government, stating there is a complete lack of stability.
Her comments came in response to a question about the recent leadership changes in the Senate and Congress.
According to the vice president, the problem isn’t new.
She accused government officials of consistently abusing their power for personal gain.
She recalled how she had previously warned about issues with the national budget, but was ignored.
“The budget—no one was listening to me. Our countrymen had to be submerged in floods before someone named BBM reacted,” she said, referring to President Bongbong Marcos Jr. “Even then, his reactions didn’t match what he should have done.”
Duterte painted a grim picture of the country’s political landscape. “Really, truly, our economy is not in the very best weather. Our political stability is down to negative 2, negative 3, maybe even negative 10,” she stated in an interview with the media on Thursday at the SMX convention center in Lanang.
She attributed the chaos to a lack of vision, direction, and planning, claiming that officials are focused solely on politics, lining their pockets, and securing their positions for the next election.
Duterte also expressed disappointment with the lack of major government projects. “You don’t see any big-ticket projects from the government today,” she said. “Not small ones like 10-kilometer roads. That’s not what we want to see from our government.”
She claimed that many projects are substandard, misplaced, or even disappear entirely. “You see that the government is doing nothing. You won’t see big-ticket projects from the government today. Not those small ones you call 10-kilometer roads. That’s not what we want to see from our government,” she concluded.
