President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. answers questions from the Philippine media delegation as he concludes his official visit to Vancouver, Canada, on July 4, 2026. —Screenshot from RTVM video
MANILA, Philippines — For the first time, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. publicly called out his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, for failing to act on anomalous flood control projects during his term, leaving the current administration to clean up the massive corruption scandal.
On Saturday, Marcos answered critics of his administration who criticized him for his alleged snail-paced investigation and selective justice in exacting accountability from those behind the massive corruption scandal.
The president countered that, had he not exposed the issue in his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) in July last year, the multibillion-peso scheme between contractors and some lawmakers and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) would not have been addressed.
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