FILE PHOTO: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., September 12, 2024. Photo from PCO
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday the current state of the country was 鈥渟table鈥� even amid what he called 鈥減olitical noise.鈥�
Marcos made the pronouncement when asked about his current assessment of the nation鈥檚 state as the end of 2024 nears.
鈥淥h, we鈥檙e quite stable. I mean, the government is functioning properly. Although there鈥檚 a lot of noise, that鈥檚 all it is. It鈥檚 all just noise,鈥� said Marcos in a chance interview with reporters in Malaca帽ang.
Marcos did not specify what he was referring to as 鈥渘oise,鈥� but it was only in the past month when the rift between him and Vice President Sara Duterte took a turn for the worse鈥攅specially after the latter bared a kill plot against him, his wife Liza and cousin Speaker Martin Romualdez should Duterte herself die.
Duterte made the remark amid what she claims as political attacks against her by the administration and its allies.
On November 29, Marcos also warned government troops in the Southern Luzon Command not to be fooled by 鈥減olitical noise.鈥�
READ: Marcos to military: Don鈥檛 be deceived by political noise
While he also did not specify what he was referring to, the pronouncement came after former president Rodrigo Duterte accused Marcos of running a 鈥渇ractured governance,鈥� and even called on the military to 鈥渃orrect it.鈥�