Duterte to successor: Stick to rules, don’t be corrupt

With less than seven weeks before he steps down, President Rodrigo Duterte offered this advice to his successor: Just “stick with the rules” and continue the fight against corruption. 

“There are rules everywhere to be followed. Just follow the rules,” the President said in an interview. 

The Philippines will be relatively better in the coming years, but this could only be achieved if its leaders were honest and not corrupt, Duterte added. 

He also urged Filipinos to support the next chief executive to “avoid any problems.” 

“Somehow, about five generations, five presidents from now, we might be able really to raise the standard of living sa Pilipinas,” Duterte said. 

“We will reach there as long as iyong mga lider natin … Mahirap kasi ’yung corruption. Stealing money from or into corruption, mahirap.” 

During the interview, he insisted he was not supporting any presidential contender but claimed the Marcos family does not have any ill-gotten wealth. 

Records show the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) has recovered more than P170 billion of the Marcos family’s estimated $10 billion in ill-gotten wealth.