MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos on Monday called President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s announcement that cases would soon be filed against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez as another “budol” (deception). “The President’s statement that the Ombudsman will soon file cases against former Speaker Martin Romualdez is yet another deception,” Imee Marcos said in a statement written in Filipino. This remark came as the President said in his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) that, according to the Ombudsman, multiple cases against his cousin, Romualdez, were nearing filing in connection with the flood control investigation. READ: Sona 2026: Marcos says […]...Keep on reading: Imee Marcos calls looming cases vs Romualdez another ‘budol’