Duterte spews lies, threats against Robredo over typhoon response
Duterte spews lies, threats against Robredo over typhoon response
THREATS, LIES. President Rodrigo Duterte opens his ‘message to the nation’ with a long rant about Vice President Leni Robredo.
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Vice President Leni Robredo fires back at ‘misogynist’ President Rodrigo Duterte: ‘This is not a contest’
By Pia Ranada
MANILA–False claims, sexist innuendos, and threats related to the 2022 elections peppered Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte long rant against Vice President Leni Robredo during his weekly televised address on Tuesday, November 17.
A visibly angry Duterte opened his “message to the nation” by calling Robredo “dishonest” and “incapable of truth” for supposedly claiming he was missing in action during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses (Vamco).
Robredo never made such a remark herself. However, the hashtag #NasaanAngPangulo trended on the day Ulysses brought intense flooding to parts of Luzon. The Liberal Party had previously denied Malacañang’s claim that it had started the hashtag.
“I never said, ‘Where is the President?’ You can review all my tweets,” Robredo tweeted in reaction to Duterte’s speech.
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