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Palace hits VP Sara Duterte anew over scathing remarks vs. Marcos

Malacañang on Monday hit back at Vice President Sara Duterte following her latest tirades against President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. and his administration. In a press briefing, Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Atty. Claire Castro was asked for a comment on Duterte's criticisms, including calling the President and his leadership a ''budol'' or scam. ''Budol, talaga? Hindi ko alam kung sino ba ang nambudol. Hindi natin alam kung sino ba ang nambubudol. Sa nakikita po natin na pagtatrabaho ng Pangulo, sa pag-uutos sa amin na focus sa trabaho at hindi pamumulitika – sino ba talaga ang nambubudol?'' Castro said. (Scam, really? I don't know who's scamming. As we see the President working and instructing us to focus on our jobs and not on politics, who's scamming?) She also slammed the Vice President for questioning the country's national debt, saying that part of the P16.75 trillion was accumulated during her father's, former President Rodrigo Duterte's, administration. ''Okay, tandaan po natin, ang utang na 16 trillion ay kabuuang utang ng gobyerno simula pa ng mga nakaraang administrasyon. At tatandaan din po natin na ang administrasyon ni Pangulong Duterte ang naitalang may pinakamataas na naging utang na umabot ng 12.79 trillion as of June 2022,'' Castro said. (Okay, let's remember that the P16 trillion debt was accumulated from the previous administrations. Let's also recall that during the administration of former President Duterte, the debt was recorded at P12.79 trillion as of June 2022.) ''At solong utang po ng administrasyong Duterte ay umaabot po sa 6.84 trillion as of June 2022, at nagkaroon ng increase ng 115.1% sa pagkakautang,'' she added. (During the Duterte administration, the debt solely reached P6.84 trillion as of June 2022 and this showed a 115.1% increase in our debt record.) The Philippines' debt stood at P12.79 trillion when former President Duterte left office at the end of June, data released by the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed in 2022. Meanwhile, Castro also said it would be the Vice President's loss if she regretted being teamed up with Marcos in the 2022 national elections. ''So, kung wala pong nakikita ang Bise Presidente na maaaring gawin ng Pangulo, ganiyan po talaga ang mangyayari kapag po hindi binubukas ang isipan at ang mata at ang puso para sa taumbayan,'' Castro said. (If she sees nothing with the actions of the President, it's really like that if she doesn't have an open mind, eyes, and heart for the public.) ''So, kung hindi po talaga siya makikinig at hindi niya po titingnan ang mga records na nangyayari sa gobyerno, wala po talaga siyang malalaman,'' she added. (If she won't listen and she won't check the records on what's happening in the government, she will not learn anything.) Duterte made scathing remarks about his former Uniteam partner, saying that he had given conflicting statements, following his comments that he '[chose] not to' influence the impeachment courts. She also confirmed her office's statement that she has no intention of attending Marcos' State of the Nation Address next month, saying Marcos would not be 'providing anything substantial about [the] country.'—LDF, GMA Integrated News