Philippines President Duterte said that shortcomings in organizing the 30th SEA Games could be avoided if the "huge" budget were used properly.

"I don't attribute it to anyone, but the SEA Games 2019 spending budget is huge and there should be no mistake," Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said in an interview on GMA's Unang Hirit TV channel. Network broadcast this morning.

The comment was made by Duterte after the host country of Philippines complained about the errors in the organization and logistics of the SEA Games, including issues such as transportation, food and accommodation of athletes in and foreign.

President Duterte acknowledged the organization of the event was "not good" although the funding for SEA Games was always guaranteed. "If you make good use of that money, you can avoid the bad situations, the incidents they are talking about," he asserted. "We have to use it for the right purpose, everything should be like that, because this is a lot of money."

Foreign athletes arriving in the Philippines complained about the slow movement from the airport to the hotel, including being crammed inside tight cars provided by organizers. President Duterte was puzzled when the organizers let this happen, although the Philippines has plenty of time to prepare for the SEA Games.

He also criticized the organizers before complaining about food and arranging hotel rooms for sports teams. The previous president was angry at the work of organizing a regional sports festival and welcomed an investigation into corruption after the event ended.

He apologized on behalf of the Philippines and announced that the Presidential Palace would conduct a separate investigation that did not exclude anyone, even his major political ally Alan Peter Cayetano, chairman of the Philippine House of Representatives, head of the committee. held SEA Games 30.