Peoples Journal, Mar. 26, 2019, Hugpong Head Breaks Truce.pdf

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ByJester p. Manalastas PROVOKED by stins-

ing crilicism fiom dEtained Sen. Leila de Lima, Davao Citv Mavor Saia Duterte br6ke iler

own ttuce with the oD_ position - with all guis

ttrrng.

In an open letter. the

Hugpong irg pagbabago

tounder and chairmtn

slammed De Lima for attacking her on the issue of

honesiv May'or Sara or lnday

Sara as she

is fondlir

called, even dared Dir Lima to propose a law

making honesty a Iequire_ ment for public offiieDe Lima had earlier al_ rea dy criticized the may-

or over the issueofhonei_ ty to which the HNp cam-

paign manager replied

it

should not be an issue

beaause all senatorial can-

didates aie not honest-

"IfIam

an examDle

of

what is wrone and'what could be woise for our government, you iust described yourself a; well_,, Mayor "Duterte told de Lima in her open letter"You are tfe worstbecause you are inEllisent

and dumb all in

"one

head," she added. Inday Saraalso branded the opposition carldi-

dates including De as Black Holesi

Lima

dapat ang isang kandidato at hildi is=sue ans honesty dahil hindi yai .requrrement para ka maging kandidito.,, Thetefore,MayorDu-

BlackHbte.'ndidates, who are themterte said,

selves liars, should not attack a candidate in that manIlel. Tbe lady.ll,Ia yor used the sa me ar'gum6n t on the issue of a c-ollege dedee or inclusion in ifrenaico-

"You arethe onlyperson irom the Black Hole

list. In addition, she chal-

ang botante ang nagsas_ a or xurrg ano ang hinalu _ nap ruya sa.kandidato.

bill thatwillmakehonesty a requirement in all

ivho- said

it righr, dapat

8ut you are d umb as well, for attacKt''ng me without reading the entire tran_

scription of my state-

ment and comprehend-

rng what

I

said,,, the

Davao City Mayor said. She added: .,'i{ne sabi

ko, hindi ang oppoiition alg magsasabi kung alo

lenged De Lima to draft a

elections

"You are

i

senator

honesty about your involvement in the illesal drugs business und"er scrutiny by the

couds_

how alioui vou make law adding honesty

a

as a

requirement f orall Filipi_ nos betote thev can rtrn

for public office,,,

she

said

"Maybe then you can save the

govemmitrtfrom

yourself, Indav Sara. Leni, Digong, ?anelo, Alejdno, Hilb;v, and the

all the de Linias of

the

universe," she added. Under the law, philipprne seitators are onlv re,

quired to be natural-liorn citizens of thecountrt, at least3s-yeals-old on election day, able to read and write, a registered voter.

and

a

resid;nrof

the

phit:

ippinesforatleast2 vears.

MayorDuterte;asresponding to De Lima,s

statement that,,Salvador Panelo and Sara Duterte relresent what is wrons and how things could bE worse tor out govemrnelrtBago pag-us-apan kunq magaling o edukado ani

kandidato, attg,rnur,!

tanong dapat ng atinl

bata Te: nagsasabi ka b; _totoo? Naglilingkod ka ba nang tapat.,,

Poge-t

.