Vice President Sara Duterte has asserted that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. should be included in the corruption cases linked to the 2025 national budget, citing his approval of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) that allowed anomalous insertions.
“Aminin na niya—aminin na niya na ano talaga—meron siya pagkukulang. Hindi lang maliit na pagkukulang, malaking pagkukulang,” Duterte said in a media interview in Cebu City on Thursday, November 13.
“Mayroon siyang malaking pagkukulang sa kaniyang trabaho para sa ating bayan kaya pwede na niya ikulong ang sarili niya,” she added.
The Vice President explained that as President, Marcos signed the 2025 GAA, which legalized the budget insertions.
“Sa iyo palang, Presidente ka, ‘pag dumating yan sa harap mo… meron kang mga tao na isa-isa, titingnan lahat yun. Tama ba ito? Tama ba ito? Bago mo siya pirmahan,” she said.
She emphasized, “Therefore, lahat ng mga anomalya doon, kasama iyong Pangulo. Kasi naging batas lang naman yun dahil sa pirma niya eh. Kung hindi niya pinirmahan iyon, hindi naging batas iyon. Hindi magagamit iyong pera.”
Meanwhile, Marcos reported on Thursday that their three-month investigation into the flood-control anomalies focused on three main actions to resolve the corruption.