President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte. 鈥擣ile photos from the Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Vice President Sara Duterte agrees with her father鈥檚 pronouncements that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is running a 鈥渇ractured government鈥� and the 鈥渁ssumption that he is a drug addict.鈥�
In a press conference early Tuesday morning, former President Rodrigo Duterte challenged the military to protect the country from a fractured government as he called Marcos a drug addict anew.
Asked about this, the vice president said: 鈥淚 agree with fractured governance.鈥�
鈥淚 agree with the assumption that he鈥檚 a drug addict because he continuously refuses to do a drug test,鈥� she further said in an ambush interview at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
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Last Sunday, she said that she, along with all Office of the Vice President officials, would undergo a drug test, as she dared all government employees to do the same.
Her challenge came after she addressed statements from several lawmakers, saying that she needed a psychological assessment.
鈥淎no ba sabi ko sainyo, psychological test? Kahit ano yan neuro[psychological] test? Kahit ano pang test yan gagawin ko鈥� yan dagdagan ko pa ng drug test,鈥� the vice president said in an earlier press conference.
鈥淲hat did I tell you? Psychological test? Or even a neuro[-psychological] test? No matter what test, I am willing to take you can even add a drug test to the list,鈥� the vice president said in Filipino in an earlier press conference.
鈥淏ut everyone who works in the Office of the President, in the Office of the Vice President, in all the offices of the Senate, in all the offices of the House of Representatives, in all the departments of our government must undergo a drug test,鈥� she added.