Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte Caught on Cam Gesturing To Hit Ex-Sen Leila de Lima during House Probe
LEILA DE LIMA – The former Senator reacted to the alleged “punch” gesture of former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to her during the House hearing.
Hearings were recently conducted by the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding the Duterte war on drugs. In the upper chamber, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee led the investigation on the most popular campaign of the previous administration.
As confirmed by Senator Bato dela Rosa prior to the probe, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte appeared at the first Senate hearing on his administration’s war on drugs. He stressed that he only did what he allegedly needed to do as president of the country. According to him, it was for the protection of the Filipino people and the country.
The Senate hearing attendance of Duterte came after a series of snubbing the invitation of the House Quad Committee to hearing over his administrations war on drugs. It even led to a House Quad Comm member asking if Duterte is afraid so he does not appear at the hearing.
In defense, the former President said that the House mega panel does not scare him a bit. He appeared at the recent House Quad Comm hearing held at Batasang Pambansa yesterday. Former Senator Leila de Lima who is a staunch critic of former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte was also invited to the hearing.
Duterte and De Lima even sat beside each other at the House Quad Comm hearing. During the inquiry, former Pres. Duterte expressed a call to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to go to the Philippines and investigate right away.
At the House hearing, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte seemingly got annoyed by former Sen. Leila de Lima. Duterte was caught on camera making a “punch” gesture towards De Lima. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the former Senator said that she did not saw it but there were people who messaged her and sent her video clips.
“Hindi ko nakita until may dalawa o tatlo sa akin nag-message…. Mayroon pa isa na nagpadala ng video mismo,” De Lima said.
Based on the report, former Sen. Leila de Lima described the gesture of former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte as “unbecoming” and she’s offended. She stressed his alleged lack of decency and also accused the former Chief Executive of being a coward.
“Wala na siyang any sense of decency, ang tawag diyan, indecency na wala naman ako ginagawa sa kanya tapos ganun ang reaction niya… Kaduwagan, isa siyang duwag,” former Senator Leila de Lima said.
At the House hearing, former Pres. Duterte also slammed a Gabriela Party-List Representative’s line of questioning. It happened when the former Chief Executive was asked to make a categorical answer to a question.