Flood control probe calls diversion from Sara's impeachment: Sandro Marcos

House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos on Monday criticized renewed calls for a congressional investigation into flood control projects, calling them political tactics to divert public attention from the ongoing impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. "It's a battle of narratives. And they just want to take away from the impeachment. I don't want to say na namumulitika, but again, [it is] na question of narratives," the President's son told reporters after the opening of the Second Regular Session. "My stance on that from the very beginning has been the same: the institution should not investigate an issue wherein its own members are part of the accused. That's like asking a student to grade their own paper in an exam,” Marcos added. Congressman Marcos was responding to the repeated calls of Duterte allies for a congressional probe on the flood control mess to resume. Duterte's hometown of Davao City has recently been devastated by severe floods. The House Majority Leader maintained that a credible flood control investigation is best left to the Office of the Ombudsman and the Justice department rather than Congress. "Kahit anong maging resulta ng pag-iimbestiga, kung i-resume sa Lower House, ang sasabihin ng tao is, wala kaming tiwala [sa committee] report. So let's leave the Ombudsman and the necessary bodies to do that [investigation] themselves,” Marcos said. Pressed for comment since the Duterte’s hometown of Davao City is being devastated by floods, Congressman Marcos had a short answer. “Grabe ka, nag-iintriga ka, ha,” he said. The Office of the Ombudsman has filed six batches of flood control project-related cases since Remulla assumed his post last October 2025. The Constitution bans lawmakers from having financial interests in a government contract during his or her term as public official.