President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. publicly cites former President Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged inaction on graft concerns involving flood control projects, saying the current administration is left to address corruption issues that emerged during Duterte’s term. In response to criticism that Marcos’s investigation is moving too slowly and that accountability has been selective, Marcos argues that the flood control anomalies and related allegations were brought to the public through his fourth State of the Nation Address in July of the previous year. Marcos’s remarks mark the first time he directly challenges his predecessor over what he describes as a failure to act on anomalous projects tied to a multibillion-peso scheme involving contractors. The statements also frame the issue as part of a larger corruption scandal that, according to Marcos, requires follow-through now. The reports describe Marcos answering critics rather than presenting new procedural details, focusing instead on who should be held responsible for earlier handling of the alleged irregularities and why the current administration is still pursuing cases.