'YOU'RE A BULLY' Saying he does not fear President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Richard Gordon accused the Chief Executive of being a “bully” as he challenged him to “do [his] worst” against the lawmaker. READ:
as the chamber continues to look into the controversial purchases“I’m not going to waste my time with you Mr. President because you’re no longer respectable as far as I’m concerned and as far as most of the Filipinos are concerned,” Gordon went on.for his people [and] the Chinese.”
“I ask him respectfully, start lawyering for the Filipino people. Do your job, Mr. President. Why do you spend your time lambasting us?” the senator said. Further, Gordon criticized Duterte for spending most of his public address, which is supposed to be allotted to report about the government’s pandemic response, to lash out against the Senate.
“Instead of talking about the pandemic, jobs and unemployment, he decided that he would try to demolish this person as well as even the society that I have religiously worked without pay for the last 53 years,” the senator said.
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