ICYMI: Senator Richard Gordon turned the tables on President Rordigo Duterte as the lawmaker cited the chief executive’s “admission” of alleged corruption in 2017.
Gordon said this was an “admission against self-interest.”
Senator Richard Gordon presents a slide with a quote from President Rodrigo Duterte’s speech before the Philippine Chinese Charitable Association in June 2017. Senate screengrab “Yun lang ho ang sagot ko, Mr. President. Kayo na umamin na kayo ay nagnakaw sa gobyerno. Di po kami ang nagsabi niyan. Kayo ang nagsabi niyan,” he said.
In a public address aired earlier Wednesday, Duterte again targeted Gordon and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon as objects of his tirade, saying
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