Senate President Francis Escudero rejected former President Rodrigo Duterte's claim that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is moving toward dictatorship. 'I
Senate President Francis Escudero rejected former President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is moving toward dictatorship.
“When their accusation that PBBM was a weak leader who was not in control did not fly, now they are accusing him of the exact opposite and now supposedly has dictatorial tendencies,” Escudero said. On Sunday, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin issued a statement, dismissing Duterte’s latest claim as nothing but a “hoax.”
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