President Marcos, in his fourth SONA, acknowledged the disappointment over his administration’s performance and vowed to go after corrupt public works officials and contractors over substandard and incomplete flood control projects that caused severe flooding in the past week.

Halfway through his six-year term, only 42 or 25.45% of those promises have been fulfilled while 91 or 55.15% are in progress or still being implemented. The remaining 28 (16.97%) have been stalled, mostly in the legislature, and 4 (2.42%) have failed.

Ang BARMM ay nagkaroon ng isa sa pinakamataas na konsentrasyon ng nagtatagal na political dynasties sa bansa, ayon sa pag-aaral ni dating Ateneo School of Governance dean Ronald Mendoza.