Senate President Francis Escudero does not believe any of his colleagues in the upper chamber were particularly intimidated by former President Rodrigo
Duterte’s remark about killing 15 of them to make way for the opposition senatorial ticket.
“I didn’t really feel that I was one of the 15. I don’t know who they are, but it seems like I’m not part of it,” Escudero said. “If we can kill around 15 senators, we can all go in,” Duterte said in a speech, drawing mixed reactions from the public and political figures. “But I cannot speak for the other senators neither am I speaking for the Senate because we haven’t even discussed this,” Escudero noted.
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