PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is not interested in working with the tirades of former president Rodrigo Duterte who identified as him a “cry baby” supposedly for his leaning to the United States.
“You know, to be a crybaby, you have to cry. Did you see me cry? I really don’t want to pay focus to that. I definitely really do not. Which is suggests totally practically nothing to me,” President Marcos explained to reporters on Friday afternoon (community time) in Washington, DC.
The President reported that his predecessor, a highly seasoned lawyer, need to know that “ad hominem attacks” have no area in large amount conversations this kind of as the trilateral summit involving the Philippines, the US and Japan. Advertisement hominem assaults refer to private assaults.
“Sasabihin na, pangit ka. O sige, ‘di pangit ako, so what? Walang lugar ‘yang mga ano – ‘yung mga private na advertisement hominem attacks kung tawagin sa batas,” the main govt additional.
Requested to respond on Duterte’s statement that they might turn into political enemies following the determination to suspend Davao del Norte Governor Edwin Jubahib, President Marcos stated he does not look at the former president as political adversary.
“I never take into consideration him a political enemy. It requires two to tango. I really don’t contemplate him a political enemy,” Marcos explained.
The main executive described that he is extra than ready to explore with Duterte the authorized basis of Jubahib’s suspension, indicating that some of the circumstances from the suspended governor had been by now filed just before he assumed business office.
Marcos also expressed self-confidence about the selection to suspend Jubahib.
“I’ll mail him all of the court docket documents and all of the discussions about that. Matagal na yan. Some of these scenarios ended up filed in advance of I took business office. And so it is using close to two yrs for the reason that it went via the method. So I’m confident, allow any individual examine,” Marcos stated, referring to Duterte.
“So, actually I only acquired about the conditions about a 12 months back. I did not know that this kind of a circumstance existed. I acquired about it a 12 months ago as part of my briefer, my every day briefer. So I’m quite absolutely sure we did all of, we went via, all of the checks and balances. We went through all the treatments, the proper methods, ahead of we arrived to the final decision, just before the DILG arrived to the final decision of imposing a suspension,” he extra.
The Business office of the President not too long ago ordered the 60-day suspension of Jubahib, which stemmed from a criticism dated November 24, 2022 filed by Board Member Orly Amit for grave abuse of authority and oppression in relationship with very last year’s barangay elections. PCO