VP Sara criticizes admin over floods, Palace calls her 'confusing and amusing'

Vice President Sara Duterte criticized the government's approach to persistent flooding across the country during an interview in The Hague, Netherlands on Monday.

Duterte accused the administration of avoiding accountability by blaming her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte and dismissed recent congressional inquiries into projects from the Duterte administration as mere 'political scapegoating.'

The Palace responded on Wednesday, criticizing Duterte's suggestion that floodwaters be delivered to Malacañang for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to drink, calling it both 'confusing and amusing' due to her apparent unfamiliarity with laws on rainwater collection.

Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro highlighted recent government efforts such as the installation of rainwater collector systems in Nueva Vizcaya schools and noted that Duterte was out of the country vacationing during Tropical Storm Crising preparations.

Castro emphasized that Duterte's criticism came from a position outside the Philippines, where she could not see the government's flood response efforts including free rides from the Philippine Coast Guard and the Department of Transportation for affected commuters.