(UPDATE) VICE President Sara Duterte sees the Philippines having a “broken government” before the 2028 presidential elections. Duterte’s statements come after several opposition figures loom as probable presidential contenders, including Sen. Risa Hontiveros and Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo. In an interview after the burial of her uncle, Bong Duterte, in Davao City on Thursday, Duterte said: “We are mired in trash, floods, our economic indicators and in corruption, we are down. No one is saying that the government is doing well. There are no development projects, nothing. So I am scared that one day, when we wake up, there is no more stable government and the nation is messy, assuming that we have a country in 2028.” She also believed that the 2028 elections may not happen under the Marcos administration, citing its “sinister” motives. Duterte reiterated she would reveal her decision to run by the end of this year. She also blasted Malacañang spokesman Claire Castro for describing her as a “liar,” after Duterte said she is no longer talking to the senators supportive of her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte. “She is only bringing embarrassment to the nation as she is called as the Spokesman of the Office of the President, and if the Office of the President speaks like that, the world listens, not only our countrymen. And when someone speaks and her statements are like that, she brings shame to the country, that’s why she should not be listened to and noticed,” Duterte said. She said she did not watch the House justice committee’s impeachment hearings against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., but she believes that Marcos committed an impeachable offense after he signed the 2025 budget where it contained blank items and insertions, as well as his questionable competency and his use of illegal drugs. “For me, as Vice President, if someone challenged me on my fitness, I think I should not decline, because I took an oath, and I said that I will preserve and defend the Constitution. How can you defend the Constitution if you are not in your right mind?” Duterte said. She did not comment on the ongoing word war between Filipino officials and the Chinese Embassy, but said the government must fix its relationship with its neighbors and other countries across the world.